I'm redesigning my kitchen and would like to move the oven housing a few centimetres from where it is now. The supply is 6mm sq. T+E protected by a 32A MCB and runs a few cm to the side of where the present oven housing is. The new oven is rated at 7.2Kw and the supply will be dedicated to it so as things stand, I think the supply will be adequate.
The cable drops down from the ceiling and is buried in a plastered wall for the final 1.2m of its run. What concerns me is that if I go ahead with the new layout, the edge of the oven housing will be directly over where the cable drops down and even though is will be under plaster, it will be much nearer the heat. I want the cooker control unit located in the neighbouring cupboard so the cable will need to emerge from behind the plaster in the vicinity of the oven, about halfway up the oven where I assume it will be hotter.
Will there be a problem with this set up and if so, what would need to be done? I should also add that for unrelated reasons, this run of cupboards will be set forward by about 3cm so there will be additional clearance at the back of the oven.
The cable drops down from the ceiling and is buried in a plastered wall for the final 1.2m of its run. What concerns me is that if I go ahead with the new layout, the edge of the oven housing will be directly over where the cable drops down and even though is will be under plaster, it will be much nearer the heat. I want the cooker control unit located in the neighbouring cupboard so the cable will need to emerge from behind the plaster in the vicinity of the oven, about halfway up the oven where I assume it will be hotter.
Will there be a problem with this set up and if so, what would need to be done? I should also add that for unrelated reasons, this run of cupboards will be set forward by about 3cm so there will be additional clearance at the back of the oven.