Hi, I've just bought a new Bosch oven which needs a 16 amp connection, the old one was just plugged into a socket with a 13 amp plug.
I have been reading old posts on here and think the situation for me is not so bad but I am not 100% sure what to do. What I have is a separate circuit from the consumer unit maked 'Cooker' protected with a 32 amp fuse (marked B32). I haven't checked the diameter of the wire but am assuming its going to be one suitable for the 32 amp load (will check any way). Then above the oven there is a plate with a red switch to turn the over off paired with a switched socket on the same plate. Then below the counter there is just a bog-standard 2 gang socket plate where the old oven was plugged in one with 13 amp plug and the gas hob was plugged into the other (just for the ignitor I guess).
So I'm assuming that everything is ok for a 16 amp oven up until the plate with the red oven on/off switch. Can I assume that the red oven switch plate is ok for 16 amp or should I replace it with something like this? http://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-2-gan...13a-plug-socket-brushed-stainless-steel/96324 ?
And I assume that someone has then just run standard household electrical wire down from the red switch plate to the standard 2 gang socket plate, since I doubt the thicker wire suitable for 16 amps would wire into a standard socket. So I think I need to replace the wiring between the plate with the red switch down to something else to replace the 2 gang socket plate. Probably a 20amp Flex Output plate for the oven and a 3 amp FCU for the hob based on my reading here. I can't find a plate with both of these things on it so it looks like I'm going to have to cut out the plaster to make 2 places for the 2 seperate outlet plates and be left with a big hole where the 2 gang socket was. Not a big deal I guess since its under the counter. Have I got it right or am I barking up the wrong tree?
I have been reading old posts on here and think the situation for me is not so bad but I am not 100% sure what to do. What I have is a separate circuit from the consumer unit maked 'Cooker' protected with a 32 amp fuse (marked B32). I haven't checked the diameter of the wire but am assuming its going to be one suitable for the 32 amp load (will check any way). Then above the oven there is a plate with a red switch to turn the over off paired with a switched socket on the same plate. Then below the counter there is just a bog-standard 2 gang socket plate where the old oven was plugged in one with 13 amp plug and the gas hob was plugged into the other (just for the ignitor I guess).
So I'm assuming that everything is ok for a 16 amp oven up until the plate with the red oven on/off switch. Can I assume that the red oven switch plate is ok for 16 amp or should I replace it with something like this? http://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-2-gan...13a-plug-socket-brushed-stainless-steel/96324 ?
And I assume that someone has then just run standard household electrical wire down from the red switch plate to the standard 2 gang socket plate, since I doubt the thicker wire suitable for 16 amps would wire into a standard socket. So I think I need to replace the wiring between the plate with the red switch down to something else to replace the 2 gang socket plate. Probably a 20amp Flex Output plate for the oven and a 3 amp FCU for the hob based on my reading here. I can't find a plate with both of these things on it so it looks like I'm going to have to cut out the plaster to make 2 places for the 2 seperate outlet plates and be left with a big hole where the 2 gang socket was. Not a big deal I guess since its under the counter. Have I got it right or am I barking up the wrong tree?