Recent content by newhobgirl

Thankyou for putting that in terms I get. That's all I need to know about it, the rest can go over my head then. ;-) I shall depart this thread forthwith, to save me asking anymore hopeful questions !

So, what does that mean to this hob then ? (being thick)

Thanks again for your reply. A dedicated cooker circuit would require a new consumer unit I am told as the current one will not support anything else, plus the obvious wiring and chasing out and whatnot. The previous owners of the house stole the slot in the consumer unit that would have been...

Thanks for the reply. So, all in all I have two options; I either send it back (the seller has been quite spikey about this and has not yet confirmed I would get a full refund despite having a fourteen day money back guarantee, ffs) Or I get one of those doobrys from Maplins and give it...

Well, when I emailed the sellers (which I did before I bought one) to confirm that this appliance could be plugged straight into a UK 13A socket (with the provided adapter), this was the response I got "Yes you can. I sold over 200pcs. to UK without problems. Best regards Uhmeyer"...

UPDATE Ok, I asked Zaxx what the deal with the UK power output of the hob being 2800w in the UK as opposed to the EU output being 3400w. This is the reply I got; Hello, because the supply in the UK is only 13A - the power output is 13A x 220V = 2860W in the EU is 16A Best...

Ok, even more complicated than I thought. I want shot of my gas cooker because my eysight is getting too poor to be confident of my safety with a gas hob (when I said in my first post that the pics of the plug were taken by a woman with very poor eyes I was not kidding. I've been legally blind...

Right, so -- I had to look up the definition of "watts" because it was a long time ago that I did my physics gcse, but now I see why it makes sense = amps times volts equals watts. Although I did espy some more complicated explanations of that equation that looked way too brain-killing for...

Hear that sound ? It's the whooshing of that going right over my head. I'm a musician, not a leccy, so "harmonisation" means something entirely different to me than it obviously does to you. Whatever it was that you said was utterly unfathomable I'm afraid. :-) Please spell me that out in...

Here it is, in all it's blurred glory. I would prefer to have the plug changed to a UK plug. Have emailed them and asked if it will invalidate the warranty. I don't really want to invalidate the warranty, but, to be fair, I'd rather risk invalidating the warranty than risk a dodgy adapter...

The manual doesn't mention anything other than it's 220-240v. It says it should be plugged into a socket that is 16A, - which is why I queried them about how they were selling them to the UK for use with a 13A plug. They said this was ok as the UK power for it was 2800W (which is what they say...

Hi Steve, Yes it has a plastic base. Sorry, if I'd have know freestanding was relevant I woulda said. ;) So, if I get an appropriate adapter that clamps the plug in, am I good to go ? Is this a schuko plug then ? From what I read there appears to be more than one type that it could be.

If you mean by earth lugs, the two holes at 9 o clock and 3 o clock angles to the pins, then no, it's just blank there. Spoke to my dad about this further - his view is that it must be double insulated (he hasn't seen it yet though). "Must be" and "is" are two different things though. How...

Hi folks, I bought a twin zone induction hob from a German company called Zaxx. It was described as having a european plug fitted but would come with a UK adapter. I made sure to email the company and ask if this could be plugged into a standard 13A socket to be absolutely certain, and I was...