Cooker connection point

[lostinthelight]

Ive just measured the cable conductors and its 16 sq mm and the run from consumer unit to cooker switch is 20 m through ceiling void cliped to joists, no insulation near and 1.5m chased into wall.
litl

 

[Echo the husky]

16mm² is HUGE and is more than big enough to run most smaller houses are you sure it's really that big? That would be very difficult to wire into a cooker switch, except maybe one of the large old MK 60A switches.

 

[lostinthelight]

16mm² is HUGE and is more than big enough to run most smaller houses are you sure it's really that big? That would be very difficult to wire into a cooker switch, except maybe one of the large old MK 60A switches.

Each conductor is made up of 7 strands of 1.77 mm diameter , maybe ought to use 10mm for the extension from the cooker switch to outlet?

litl

 

[Taylortwocities]

@lostinthelight cable measurements are expressed in AREA. That is why we say 16mm².

A rough guide to the actual conductor size can be indicated by measuring the outside sheath of the total cable.
A guide is in the WIKI at //www.diynot.com/wiki/Electrics:flatpvccables

 

[EFLImpudence]

Each conductor is made up of 7 strands of 1.77 mm diameter

That is 16mm².

maybe ought to use 10mm for the extension from the cooker switch to outlet?

If you have the usual 30A fuse/32A MCB then 4mm² will be adequate.

 

[lostinthelight]

@lostinthelight cable measurements are expressed in AREA. That is why we say 16mm².

A rough guide to the actual conductor size can be indicated by measuring the outside sheath of the total cable.
A guide is in the WIKI at http://www.diynot.co m/wiki/Electrics:flatpvccables

Thanks, I was by
posting the diameter of each strand trying to show how I deduced the cable was 16mm as in post #16 I havnt figured how to get a little 2 after the mm

 

[EFLImpudence]

how to get a little 2 after the mm

Click on Ω and scroll down.

 

[DetlefSchmitz]

² Click on the omega symbol in the posting box...


...doh!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Or on a Windoze PC, use Character Map:

 

[Adam_151]

Or.

Hold Down the left Alt key and tap in 0178 on the number pad

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Using the special character list is by far the easiest.

I genuinely cannot understand how anybody can not have the curiosity to find out what all of the buttons do - I cannot relate to people like that.

 

[Risteard]

I cannot relate to people

 

[lostinthelight]

Despite what others have said, then YES, you can do that.
Cable at floor level is visible, so irrelevant whether it is in a suitable zone or not.
The vertical parts are both directly in line below an accessory, so are in the approved zone and can be concealed in the wall.
Could even go directly across the floor as below - the point is that the floor cable is on the surface and therefore visible.

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how to get a little 2 after the mm

Click on Ω and scroll down.

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how to get a little 2 after the mm

Click on Ω and scroll down.

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Using the special character list is by far the easiest.

I genuinely cannot understand how anybody can not have the curiosity to find out what all of the buttons do - I cannot relate to people like that.

There is no special character list on a windows phone ?
litl

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Why I'm here I can't quite remember

 

[ban-all-sheds]

There is no special character list on a windows phone ?

Don't use a telephone to make posts here - it is not a suitable device.