I need to wire in a ceramic hob (rating plate states 6.5kw, max connected load power 5.8kw)and an oven rated at 2.5kw. Is it best to run (a run of approx 5m) a 10mm cable from a 45amp MCB on the consumer unit to a switched control unit, and then run 10mm cable from there to the terminal outlet box. From here I'm proposing to run one 10mm cable to the hob and one 10mm cable to a 13amp fused outlet for connection to the oven via a 2.5mm cable. Will all these 10mm cables fit into the outlet box, or can I use a junction box?
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4mm² Method 1 is 36A max.
If you want to design the circuit to carry flc, that is insufficient. Why not run 10mm² (40A mcb) to a 2 way CU and run two separate circuits from there, a 32A in 6mm² for the hob (via an isolator OC) and a 16A in 2.5mm² for the oven?
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If you want to design the circuit to carry flc, that is insufficient. Why not run 10mm² (40A mcb) to a 2 way CU and run two separate circuits from there, a 32A in 6mm² for the hob (via an isolator OC) and a 16A in 2.5mm² for the oven?
This is notifiable BTW.
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Isolator (of course)
you'd think that the manufacturers might have cotton'd on to this as a modern problem for them to fix..
just make a cooker switch with a switched fused spur where the socket normaly is...
MK, if you're reading this, i want royalties when it catches on..
must be a market for it, just off this forum there are about 2 questions like this every day..
my new hob is gas, but needs a connection for the igniter i assume.
but i want to future proof it, so i'm gonna run 10mm cable backed by a 20Amp mcb.. ( 45 will be fitted if i ever move )
I will need a connection for the oven at 13 amps or so and the hob for the igniter, so i will be using a "twin" single fast fix box with unswitched sockets on both.. ( hob and oven both have plugs on.. )
just make a cooker switch with a switched fused spur where the socket normaly is...
MK, if you're reading this, i want royalties when it catches on..
must be a market for it, just off this forum there are about 2 questions like this every day..
my new hob is gas, but needs a connection for the igniter i assume.
but i want to future proof it, so i'm gonna run 10mm cable backed by a 20Amp mcb.. ( 45 will be fitted if i ever move )
I will need a connection for the oven at 13 amps or so and the hob for the igniter, so i will be using a "twin" single fast fix box with unswitched sockets on both.. ( hob and oven both have plugs on.. )
ColJack said:
Sorry, but I've already got the patent on this invention
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