Hi all
I have had a look around the forum for answers on this. I feel fairly confident I know the answer already, but would really appreciate an opinion from somebody more experienced. Apologies for the long post, but am trying to answer any queries in advance.
We have moved into a house, and the oven has packed in. So I have ordered a replacement.
The existing oven and hob are connected into the same circuit with, apparently, no other sockets on the same circuit to take small appliances. The hob (which we are keeping) is rated at 6kW. The oven is devoid of anything which will let me identify it, and hence its rating.
The hob is connected into a wall mounted socket via a fairly thick cable - possibly 10mm externail diameter. A 3-pin socket next to it has the oven plugged into it. Both are switched off via an isolator switch next to the hob.
At our fusebox there is a separate circuit breaker marked for 'cooker' which does indeed turn the red-light out on the isolator switch when turned off. There is no marking on the circuit breaker as to its rating.
So, the nub. I have ordered a new single oven rated at 2.07kW - bought from John Lewis who say on their website that no connection cable is supplied. Can I simply connect the oven to a plug with a 13amp fuse using heat resistant cable and plug it in?
Thanks for any advice.
Keith
I have had a look around the forum for answers on this. I feel fairly confident I know the answer already, but would really appreciate an opinion from somebody more experienced. Apologies for the long post, but am trying to answer any queries in advance.
We have moved into a house, and the oven has packed in. So I have ordered a replacement.
The existing oven and hob are connected into the same circuit with, apparently, no other sockets on the same circuit to take small appliances. The hob (which we are keeping) is rated at 6kW. The oven is devoid of anything which will let me identify it, and hence its rating.
The hob is connected into a wall mounted socket via a fairly thick cable - possibly 10mm externail diameter. A 3-pin socket next to it has the oven plugged into it. Both are switched off via an isolator switch next to the hob.
At our fusebox there is a separate circuit breaker marked for 'cooker' which does indeed turn the red-light out on the isolator switch when turned off. There is no marking on the circuit breaker as to its rating.
So, the nub. I have ordered a new single oven rated at 2.07kW - bought from John Lewis who say on their website that no connection cable is supplied. Can I simply connect the oven to a plug with a 13amp fuse using heat resistant cable and plug it in?
Thanks for any advice.
Keith