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Hi All,
Had a new kitchen about 8 weeks ago, part of that was a double bosch oven on the opposite site of the kitchen. Spark extended the existing 6mm dedicated cable by 7m (run was 6-7m already).
Tiler unscrewed the isolator and left it hanging loose on the screws - been like that for 2 weeks as we were intending to swap the sockets etc for brushed chrome ones. Oven has been working happily during all this time.
Anyway - today, sockets have been swapped for b\chrome ones, including the isolator. i got some longer screws and screwed the dangling sockets back to the wall, checked everything was working and forgot about it all.
came to use the oven, and it blew the fuse (oldish style CU - RCD but no MCBs - due for replacement in new year). Fuse is a 30amp and hasnt been changed since moving from a single oven to a bigger double one (as we are soon to change the whole CU). replaced with a new 30amp fuse and its working fine again.
so.....is the fuse too small and we have just been lucky it held so far, or could i have trapped\split a wire when screwing faceplate back? logic tells me the wire is damaged it would blow again and again and again - as soon as the isolator is switched on (as oven has a clock so is using power all the time)
oven is http://www.diy-kitchens.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=5472&cat=BOSCH - Double Ovens
Had a new kitchen about 8 weeks ago, part of that was a double bosch oven on the opposite site of the kitchen. Spark extended the existing 6mm dedicated cable by 7m (run was 6-7m already).
Tiler unscrewed the isolator and left it hanging loose on the screws - been like that for 2 weeks as we were intending to swap the sockets etc for brushed chrome ones. Oven has been working happily during all this time.
Anyway - today, sockets have been swapped for b\chrome ones, including the isolator. i got some longer screws and screwed the dangling sockets back to the wall, checked everything was working and forgot about it all.
came to use the oven, and it blew the fuse (oldish style CU - RCD but no MCBs - due for replacement in new year). Fuse is a 30amp and hasnt been changed since moving from a single oven to a bigger double one (as we are soon to change the whole CU). replaced with a new 30amp fuse and its working fine again.
so.....is the fuse too small and we have just been lucky it held so far, or could i have trapped\split a wire when screwing faceplate back? logic tells me the wire is damaged it would blow again and again and again - as soon as the isolator is switched on (as oven has a clock so is using power all the time)
oven is http://www.diy-kitchens.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=5472&cat=BOSCH - Double Ovens