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I am in the early stages of planning a wood floor for my hallway and downstairs cloakroom. I have done some research but have some unanswered questions, so would appreciate the help. The hallway is a maximum of 2m wide and narrows to 1m wide when the stairs start. The maximum length is 5m...

I have now installed the two new cookers, so I thought I would append the details, for reference. I kept the existing 32A MCB in CU (mainly becuase you can't get new ones) and ran a new 10mm cable to a switched Cooker Control Unit. I then ran 10mm cable to a small CU with 2 x 16A MCBs...

Thank you Securespark. I've now confirmed that the cable is in fact 6mm, not 4mm. In light of this, would you still give the same advice or do you think there is another alternative here?

Many thanks for your replies Plugwash and il78. I'm still considering what to do about this, but I guess there is an additional piece of information I forgot to mention in my original post. The new cookers will be sited on the opposite side of the kitchen to the existing cooker. This means...

I confirmed this morning that the cable is 6mm. I acquired a 2" piece of cable and compared to cable coming from consumer unit and they are the same thickness. This means (2800 + 3600) / 230 = 27.8 A which would work on a 30A circuit.

I have one single oven connected on a radial circuit (only one cable comes out of consumer unit), protected by a 32A MCB in consumer unit. I think the cable is 4mm (it measures 14mm when laid flat and measured edge to edge with a rule). This cooker is the only appliance on the circuit and it is...