Fusebox/Wiring Electric Hob & Oven

[TheMacster]

Howdy,

I'm thinking of replacing my standalone gas oven with a built in electric oven (rated 2780W Total Electrical Loading) and an electric induction hob (4 rings using a total 7000 Watts) on top.

My fusebox is in the cellar and is the old type where you thread the wire through a cartridge. It has a 60 amp maximum load and four cartridges, (5W,15W,15W and 30W).

In the kitchen I have one spare spur (? plug socket with no plugholes thingy) with a thick wire coming out, I assume it was used for a cooker in the past.

My questions are:

Could the additional spur be run off the existing one or does it need to go direct to the fusebox (and if so is this a major operation being several metres away and in the basement, the flat is the ground floor of a converted terrace house)?

Do I have to replace the fusebox (last time I had an electrician in he said to keep the existing one but I remember he said there were some new rules)?

Would I need two visits from the electrician (one to fit spur behind the cabinets and another to wire the appliances up once they'd been replaced)?

Would I be better off just getting a gas cooker and induction hob?

Any indicators of costs in London?

Thanks for any advice, I did just phone a local electrician but couldn't hear him due to mobile reception.

Mac

 

[JohnW2]

Would I be better off just getting a gas cooker and induction hob?

Getting a gas cooker would obviously avoid all the electrical issues, but you'd have to be satisfied with it having a standard gas hob - there is no such thing as a "gas induction hob" .... or did you mean a gas cooker and an electric induction hob?

Kind Regards, John

 

[industryspark]

From your description which is pretty difficult to understand (no offence intended), you are almost certainly due a new Consumer unit. It sounds like you may have an existing cooker circuit although its hard to tell from your description and whether its upto standard is another question entirely.

I am up north so im not sure of London prices but you may be looking at around £500 for a CU change at a guess dependent on any existing issues, i.e bonding in place etc. A new cooker circuit will depend on length of run, difficulty and other factors but it may not be required.

Best thing would be to get a decent electrician around to give you a quote if you go down the electric route.

 

[TheMacster]

Thanks for the replies folks, I thought I had explained things reasonably clearly but apparently not (yes I meant a gas oven with electric induction hob John). Put it down to my complete ignorance of the subject, my apologies.

Anyway after a bit more effort I managed to find an electrician who spoke intelligible English, his advice was similar to yours Industryspark and he suggested going for gas if I wanted to avoid the cost of a new consumer unit and all the other gubbins.

Thanks once again.
Mac