installing new cooker

[Chris666]

We have just purchased a new electric cooker. When they called to arrange delivery, they said we need to pay for it to be installed as it doesn't come with a cable. I told them I will do it myself.

Does doing it myself go against any of the new regulations for 2005 & why cant I just use the cable of the old cooker?

 

[andy]

We have just purchased a new electric cooker. When they called to arrange delivery, they said we need to pay for it to be installed as it doesn't come with a cable. I told them I will do it myself.

Does doing it myself go against any of the new regulations for 2005 & why cant I just use the cable of the old cooker?

connecting the actual cooker is allowed, aslong as the cooker outlet is already there.

 

[brumtrician]

We have just purchased a new electric cooker. When they called to arrange delivery, they said we need to pay for it to be installed as it doesn't come with a cable. I told them I will do it myself.

Does doing it myself go against any of the new regulations for 2005 & why cant I just use the cable of the old cooker?

connecting the actual cooker is allowed, aslong as the cooker outlet is already there.

which is a stupid .

this means a simple DIY person could wire it up with some 2.5mm T&E

makes you laugh when its proberly one of the most current consuming items on the fuseboard.

Just shows how daft Part P is

 

[ban-all-sheds]

We have just purchased a new electric cooker. When they called to arrange delivery, they said we need to pay for it to be installed as it doesn't come with a cable. I told them I will do it myself.

Does doing it myself go against any of the new regulations for 2005 & why cant I just use the cable of the old cooker?

connecting the actual cooker is allowed, aslong as the cooker outlet is already there.

Not quite.

If it is a free-standing electrical cooker, then you may connect it up.

If it is a fixed appliance, then you may connect it up but you must notify Building Control in advance and arrange for them to come and inspect it.

As for "why cant I just use the cable of the old cooker?", this, supposedly, is one of the reasons why they introduced these new regulations. (It wasn't a real reason, but it's one of the claims)

Whether you can use the old cable depends on what size it is, what rating the new cooker is, and what rating the fuse/MCB is. Whether you can use the circuit supplying the cooker outlet plate depends on what size that cable is, how long it is and where it runs.