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Yes, you're right. A 32A MCB is required for 6mm cable. I still think you should go with the largest option which will allow you to connect larger cookers up to 7.2kW in the future or add another appliance such as a microwave on the same circuit.

I think the answer to this thread is straight-forward now after reading all this (And my electrician was mad). NO, you cannot plug your cooker on the ring circuit because the regulations forbids you from adding any appliance over 2kW (such as cooker, hobs) on the circuit. The only solution...

The pipes are completely detached, instead of buying new conduits, I thought I could reuse them if their are suitable as conduit. Which I hope so cause I dont want to dig the entire ground floor. I'm doing the bulk work myself and an electrician is coming to fit new consumer unit, new...

:shock: Sorry, but this is what my electrician has proposed to do for my cooker position. Can you explain why it's dangerous?

Thanks for that, The pipes are blue which I knew that could lead to confusing so I was going to put a white tape a long them and eventually writing on it. The depth of the pipes will be OK as it's the same depth of the existing circuits, I'm just running along them. What sort of...

You could add a 20A Control Switch as spur from the socket you wanted to use (providing the socket is part of a ring circuit) and wire directly the cooker to the switch.

Hi, I'm currently redoing my kitchen from top to bottom with new electric circuits going under the concrete floor. The plumbing changes have left me with some spare plastic water pipes and I was wondering if I could reuse them to protect the electrical cables going under the concrete...