Evening all!
Fitting a kitchen for parents next week.
There new home was built approx 12yrs ago, has a plastic CU with spare ways. There's a 6mm supply going to cooker point.
Ditching the gas hob and ordered up is a 7.2kwh induction hob, and a 5.3kwh double oven.
The electrical shop we've been going to for lights is run by a spark, when ordering the new sockets and switches he asked what switches we need for cooker/hob/hood etc. Upon explaining, he feels the current 6mm should be used for the hob, and a separate radial run for the double oven. But for a spark to work on the current CU and add a circuit, because it's plastic, we would need to replace the CU with current regs metal one. Any new breaker wouldn't be covered by the existing one RCD (although why they can't be shunted down the buzz bar I don't know).
Now my spark I usually call in when I need works done, hasn't heard of not being able to add a circuit to a plastic board.
I though you guys and girls might be able to offer some advice.
Having looked for a different hob (non induction) they're still beefy on the draw so need the existing circuit. Likewise, with the ovens hard to find a double that's 3.2kwn or under. Only other option is they contact magnet kitchens and try and swap the double oven tower for a single oven tower.
Appreciate any advice.
Tia
Deano
Fitting a kitchen for parents next week.
There new home was built approx 12yrs ago, has a plastic CU with spare ways. There's a 6mm supply going to cooker point.
Ditching the gas hob and ordered up is a 7.2kwh induction hob, and a 5.3kwh double oven.
The electrical shop we've been going to for lights is run by a spark, when ordering the new sockets and switches he asked what switches we need for cooker/hob/hood etc. Upon explaining, he feels the current 6mm should be used for the hob, and a separate radial run for the double oven. But for a spark to work on the current CU and add a circuit, because it's plastic, we would need to replace the CU with current regs metal one. Any new breaker wouldn't be covered by the existing one RCD (although why they can't be shunted down the buzz bar I don't know).
Now my spark I usually call in when I need works done, hasn't heard of not being able to add a circuit to a plastic board.
I though you guys and girls might be able to offer some advice.
Having looked for a different hob (non induction) they're still beefy on the draw so need the existing circuit. Likewise, with the ovens hard to find a double that's 3.2kwn or under. Only other option is they contact magnet kitchens and try and swap the double oven tower for a single oven tower.
Appreciate any advice.
Tia
Deano