connecting a free standing electric Cooker

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Hi,
My son has just moved into a new flat and needs a free standing electiic cooker and hob

he has the electrical connection plate and I did not check the fuse switch - but its on a modern fuse box and the property is only 10years old

1) I reasonably competent to carry out my own wiring etc - although not recently qualified
2) Can i connect the cooker to the electrical connection plate now under the recent rules change
3) I know in the past you could get 30A and 45A connections - but with a RCB the power ratings are slightly different now .

This would be the sort of cooker we would get
http://www.hotpoint.co.uk/products/-/products/F071589

And the power rating is
Energy consumption -
Main: 0.86 kWh
- Second: 0.97 kWh
 
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Your link shows a GAS cooker.

However:
1) Doesn't matter.
2) Yes.
3) Don't understand.

And the power rating is
Energy consumption -
Main: 0.86 kWh
- Second: 0.97 kWh
That's not the relevant rating.
As long as it is less than 15kW you will be alright on a 30A fuse/32A MCB.
 
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Brilliant , thank you very much for such a speedy reply,

I will go out with him tomorrow and look at various free standing cooker/hob and make sure we buy one under or at 15KW
i will check the fuse as well to see if 32A (maybe 45A)
and get a length of 6mm cable to connect it up with , as I'm allowed to do that

wasn't sure - but i though under the new guidelines I was allowed to replace what there - providing I do not make any installation changes

thanks for clarifying
 
I will go out with him tomorrow and look at various free standing cooker/hob and make sure we buy one under or at 15KW.
It will be.

and get a length of 6mm cable to connect it up with , as I'm allowed to do that
4mm² will do for that if 32A.

wasn't sure - but i though under the new guidelines I was allowed to replace what there - providing I do not make any installation changes
Yes. Very few restrictions now.
 
I will go out with him tomorrow and look at various free standing cooker/hob and make sure we buy one under or at 15KW
I think you will find that it's next-to-impossible to find one that is not under 15 kW.
i will check the fuse as well to see if 32A (maybe 45A) and get a length of 6mm cable to connect it up with , as I'm allowed to do that
If you're talking about the flexible cable to the oven, unless anyone disagrees, I would have thought that 4mm² (heat resistant) flex (32A) would be plenty adequate.

Kind Regards, John
Edit: damnit - typed too slowly, yet again :)
 
I think you will find that it's next-to-impossible to find one that is not under 15 kW.
It's actually quite easy to find one.

vezelay.bmp


What's not so easy is paying for one, or fitting it into a flat. :D
 
I have been told today , that installation of a cooker now requires a certificate and is required by an insurance company
is this true or just sales talk
 
I have been told today , that installation of a cooker now requires a certificate and is required by an insurance company
is this true or just sales talk
I imagine that depends upon what the flat's insurance policy says and also what your son's tenancy agreement/contract says (if the flat is rented).

Kind Regards, John
 
I have been told today , that installation of a cooker now requires a certificate
Who told you that?

It's an appliance. I wonder what sort of certificate they think exists for the installation of appliances?
 
Currys - which I often do not believe, hence the follow-up question here

I thought the certificate was for the main installation or adding any extra components, like installing the wiring and fuse for a shower , that type of work
But as a Cooker is hardwired I wasnot sure if it also fell into this certificate requirement now
 

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