Hi,
Apologies for a total newbie question - I've had a look on the forum and can't find a match - which could just mean this is such a naive question no-one would ask it!
I'm having my kitchen refitted and have ordered a new single built-under oven. All the ovens we looked at (and my wife wanted!) were rated at 32 Amp. The problem is our flat is in a converted house and has an old fusebox type arrangement in the hall which looks quite ancient to me. The fuse box has a separate ring main for the oven but it appears to be rated at 30Amp.
So the newbie question is, does this mean we will have to get the electricity company to replace our fusebox with a newer unit that has a higher rated ring main, and does it mean we will have to have the oven ring main re-wired?
I'm thinking that wiring is the kind of thing our builder should have checked when he came to quote for the work, and he didn't mention it, but it wouldn't be the first time a builder's missed something...
Any help much appreciated!
Si
Apologies for a total newbie question - I've had a look on the forum and can't find a match - which could just mean this is such a naive question no-one would ask it!
I'm having my kitchen refitted and have ordered a new single built-under oven. All the ovens we looked at (and my wife wanted!) were rated at 32 Amp. The problem is our flat is in a converted house and has an old fusebox type arrangement in the hall which looks quite ancient to me. The fuse box has a separate ring main for the oven but it appears to be rated at 30Amp.
So the newbie question is, does this mean we will have to get the electricity company to replace our fusebox with a newer unit that has a higher rated ring main, and does it mean we will have to have the oven ring main re-wired?
I'm thinking that wiring is the kind of thing our builder should have checked when he came to quote for the work, and he didn't mention it, but it wouldn't be the first time a builder's missed something...
Any help much appreciated!
Si