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    Electric Oven Install

    Hi All Thank you all for the advice. I have just got home and checked the cu and they are type b mcb's, the cu is a Wylex and the mcb's are NSBxx. Not sure what the original electrican used the 40 amp as there is 1 32amp and 1 16amp mcb's spare. So going back to my original question do I get...
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    Electric Oven Install

    Hi All Thank you all for the advice, I thought the reason the mcb should be sized correctly is to protect the cable to over current if the oven become faulty. If I leave the oven on the 40 amp mcb the oven could draw to much and cause a fire? I might be wrong here.
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    Electric Oven Install

    Hi Terry Thank you for your reply, the cable is 6mm. We re-wired all but the kitchen about 10 years ago, at the time the electrican connected the old cooker circuit to the 40amp mcb, as the old cooker connection also had a plug socket, with the kitchen re-fit we have re-wired the kitchen as...
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    Electric Oven Install

    I have just ripped out my old kitchen and in the process off installing a new one. We have chosen to install an electric built under doulbe oven. The oven says it requires 20 amps, in the process of installing the new electrical cables the electrican installed 6mm cable for the oven on it own...
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