Question: new cooker, no cable

cowkicker · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:46 pm Post Subject: Question: new cooker, no cable

Just moved into new house, which has an electric ring circuit for the oven but no oven. There is a socket on the wall in the gap but its not a plug socket.
I've just bought an indesit cooker off ebay and this doesnt have a cable just a box at the back.
At first I thought I could just wire this direct but after looking at the wires on the cooker it looks like I need to attach a cable to both the wall and the cooker.
Although there is a space beneath the plastic cover on the wall for such a cable there doesnt seem to be space on the cooker itself.
There is a mixed set of colours between the wall and the cooker but I understand that brown/red = live etc.

Is it just a simple of getting some "electric cooker cable" (I understand that this is larger) and attaching the 2?

My feeling is that if I can wire a plug and have attended an \\\"introduction to electrics and plumbing\\\" course that I should be able to do this without killing myself or anyone else! Please feel free to tell me otherwise.

plugwash · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:17 pm Post Subject:

What rating is the breaker on your cooker circuit (which is not a ring BTW)?

What does the terminal box on the back of the cooker look like? a photo would be nice.

What is the rating of the cooker?

Steve · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:50 pm Post Subject:

And which are you fitting:

OVEN
or
HOB
or
COOKER

cowkicker · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:06 pm Post Subject: hobovencooker

Steve - well its an all in one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290176929594&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=019

Plugwasg - will get the other information tomorrow hopefully (not living in the house at the mo)

Im guessing the info relates to the thickness of cable required?

cowkicker · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:55 am Post Subject: images

http://www.flickr.com/photos/93124505@N00/sets/72157603217284437/

i loaded all the pix onto flickr at above link - if there is anything else let me know ![/img]

ColJack · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:28 pm Post Subject:

not too keen on the brown stain round the cooker outlet..

there is no load information on those photo's... but since it's on a 40A breaker then 6mm flex or T+E will be ok to use..

cowkicker · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:19 pm Post Subject: job done

all done. thanks for your help.