Hello all
Just pulled out my oven to get it out of the way for a builder and something looks wonky to me.
-Hob and Oven on a 32A radial
-6mm2 T&E in the ceiling/walls feeds to a splitter box behind the oven (fine so far)
-Hob seems fine - is a 32A device and appears to be on its OEM flex
-Oven however seems borderline dangerous, to me:
---2.5mm2 solid T&E from the splitter, no fuse (confirm: 2.5mm2 on 32A radial, in free-ish air behind the oven)
---Oven is 2.9kW (i.e. ~13A) and has weedy little wires inside to suit (photos) - also only protected by the 32A radial
So it seems to me like I have an oven and local cabling not protected for overload.
I thought I'd post up just in case I was being too cautious - can anyone can tell me why this might be safe & within current regs? Looks like it was installed in 2013 ish. If nothing convinces me then it will be going back in with a 16A fuse between the 6mm2 and the 2.5mm2! (which AFAIK is the correct way to do this, open too other suggestions.
Nothing else on the 32A radial. There is a 45A oven isolator above the worktop as required.
Thanks in advance!
Al
Just pulled out my oven to get it out of the way for a builder and something looks wonky to me.
-Hob and Oven on a 32A radial
-6mm2 T&E in the ceiling/walls feeds to a splitter box behind the oven (fine so far)
-Hob seems fine - is a 32A device and appears to be on its OEM flex
-Oven however seems borderline dangerous, to me:
---2.5mm2 solid T&E from the splitter, no fuse (confirm: 2.5mm2 on 32A radial, in free-ish air behind the oven)
---Oven is 2.9kW (i.e. ~13A) and has weedy little wires inside to suit (photos) - also only protected by the 32A radial
So it seems to me like I have an oven and local cabling not protected for overload.
I thought I'd post up just in case I was being too cautious - can anyone can tell me why this might be safe & within current regs? Looks like it was installed in 2013 ish. If nothing convinces me then it will be going back in with a 16A fuse between the 6mm2 and the 2.5mm2! (which AFAIK is the correct way to do this, open too other suggestions.
Nothing else on the 32A radial. There is a 45A oven isolator above the worktop as required.
Thanks in advance!
Al