Stand alone cooker

[andy1980]

I'm busy moving house and trying to do it on as low a budget as possible.

I have to buy a new cooker and am looking at a stand alone electric one, however, I want to avoid paying the £50 an electrician will charge me for wiring it in.

There is already a fused switch in place and a panel to wire it into. Am I right in thinking that it is more or less the same as wiring a plug? I simply connect live to live, neutral to neutral and earth to earth? or is there anything else I should be aware of before attempting it?

 

[alexnic]

Yes ...make sure its isolated

You say there is a panel to wire into and a fused switch in place ... there's not normally a FUSED switch, that sounds like a fused spur unit your describing and would not be suitable for a stand alone cooker

There should be a dedicated cooker unit or 45a switch (usually red) with a 6mm or 10mm supply cable and if you are lucky another cable wil come out of the load side down to a cooker outlet box below (commonly known as a 'pigs arse box') inside this will be 3-terminals Live (red) - Earth - Nuetral (black) .... is this the panel you are talking about? and it is simply a case of matching the colours and ensure that a bit of yellow/green sleeving is put over the earth

 

[andy1980]

What I have is a unit on the wall above the worktop, with one standard socket and a red switch labelled "cooker"

Then, in the space that the cooker fits, there is a plastic panel on the wall with a hole cut into the bottom. Ive opened it up and it looks like you've described, three terminals to connect to.

So, sounds like I have everything I need! I should be able to do that..

Thanks for the help