Could you tell me what size cable i need The cooker is a BUSH B60CWX freestanding argos
many thanks
charles
many thanks
charles
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Electric cooker cable size
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OOI is it a BUSH B60SCWX or a BUSH B60TCWX?
have you already got a cooker outlet in the wall? what does it look like?
is it supplied from a dedicated electric circuit supplying nothing else?
Or do you need a new circuit?
have you already got a cooker outlet in the wall? what does it look like?
is it supplied from a dedicated electric circuit supplying nothing else?
Or do you need a new circuit?
B60SCWX Cooker outlet on the wall with dedicated circuit . Just been completely rewired thanks
Generally a 32A circuit is adequate for all but the very largest range style cookers. Certainly adequate for this model, although the manufacturer instructions specify a 45A circuit. The instructions are incorrect according to BS7671 (aka "the wiring regs") because they haven't taken diversity into account.
Traditionally 30/32A cooker circuits have always been installed with 6mm2 cable, but this is a legacy allowance for rewireable fuses, and in most circumstances 4mm2 is actually sufficient. Unless the run is very long or the cable is routed through thermal insulation, for instance.
Traditionally 30/32A cooker circuits have always been installed with 6mm2 cable, but this is a legacy allowance for rewireable fuses, and in most circumstances 4mm2 is actually sufficient. Unless the run is very long or the cable is routed through thermal insulation, for instance.
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Maybe I "haven't lived", but I have to say that I've never come across any domestic cooker that would not be OK on a 32A circuit. With the usual allowance for diversity for a cooking appliance, such a circuit could support a cooker with a maximum ('everything energised simultaneously') load of 83.33 A (about 19.17 kW at 230V).
Kind Regards, John
There certainly aren't many, and those few that exist are in the £3500+ bracket, but Smeg for example do an absolute beast of a 3 oven, 5 induction ring range style cooker that claims to be just over 19.5kw.
so you just need a suitable cable from the wall connector into the cooker. This one is flexible and resistant to the heat and potential greease splatters. As you order it per metre, 2m would usually be ample to roll out the cooker when you need to clean behind it. There may be a local supplier handy to you.
Fair enough
It's just as well that some people do understand the concept of diversity because, if not, they would probably conclude that the requirements of a "19.5 kW cooker" actually exceeded the property's 'total available supply' (most commonly 80A - about 18.4 kW at 230V)
Kind Regards, John
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