shower to cooker

[woodman05]

can i wire a 9.5kw shower straight into a cooker socket............
thanks

 

[plugwash]

if its in use by a cooker the asnwer is almost certainly no

if it is not in use by a cooker it all depends on what cable was used for the cooker cuircuit

 

[woodman05]

the cooker switch is already in the wall and the cable i would think is normal cooker wire, i thourght this may work cause the fuse box is quite a way from the shower......
thanks

 

[andy]

is there a cooker connected. and stop typin like this

 

[woodman05]

there is nothing connected to the cooker socket....

 

[notb665]

so what size (rating) is the cable and what rating is the breaker in the consumer unit?

 

[woodman05]

i would assume standard as it was all there when house build (8years ago)
hope this helps................

 

[andy]

i would assume standard as it was all there when house build (8years ago)
hope this helps................

but what is standard? there is no 'standard' size for that type of thing. it could be 4, 6 10 or even 16.. we need to no exactly what cable is used and what size breaker

 

[miket]

can i wire a 9.5kw shower straight into a cooker socket............
thanks

i myself was thinking about doing just that.
the cooker point is unused
it is using 6mm cable which goes straight into the fusebox which uses just a button on each fuse

 

[notb665]

so what size (rating) is the cable and what rating is the breaker in the consumer unit?

For a 9.5kW shower the cable needs to be 10mm2 and the breaker 45A.

 

[miket]

thanks for that and have a happy new year