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    Connecting replacement cable, for hob circuit, into old Consumer Unit with shared RCD - 'legal' (within regulations) or not; notifiable or not?

    I had assumed (rightly or wrongly) that a re-connection of a cable into the consumer unit would be straightforward, with no regulations issues, as there was a hob connection there before, with 32A MCB and the shared RCD protection. To expand a little, the original 6mm cable was however changed...
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    • circuit alteration circuit repair circuit replacement hob circuit shared rcd new circuit notifiable part p
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Electrics UK
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    Allowable Cooker Connection Unit outlet plate positions behind built-in oven?

    Query regarding the position of the oven cooker connection outlet behind the oven, and its implications. (Sorry bit long, but a number of overlapping questions in my head about this.) My oven installation instructions shows a diagram with a hatched area and states “the mains socket for the...
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    5 core induction hob cable (1.5mm?) to 10mm supplied cooker outlet

    Hi, bit confused. 10mm2 cable runs from consumer unit (32Amp MCB) all the way through to cooker outlet plate (via cooker control unit). New induction hob is supplied with 5 core cable (2L2N1E), which apparently has 1.5mm2 conductors (has 5G1.5mm2 on cable), to be connected to the outlet plate...
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    • c.s.a. cooker cable outlet plate cross-sectional area csa different csa hob hob connection
    • Replies: 62
    • Forum: Electrics UK
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