Hi,
I have read the recent threads on oven and hob installation and I'd like to run this one by you....
I've ordered a Siemens pyrolitic single oven and induction hob rated as follows:
Hob: 6.8kW total connected load, 30amp maximum draw
Oven: 3.5kW total connected load, 16amp maximum draw
The cooker has its own circuit protected with a 45amp (I think, maybe 40amp - will check tonight!) fuse. It's an old style consumer unit so there are no mcb's, just pull out fuses.
When I removed the old De Dietrich single pyrolitic oven and regular ceramic hob I found that the 6mm cable went to the cooker switch, then there were two sets of 6mm cable coming from the switch - one to the oven and the other to the hob. It all worked perfectly well, the cooker switch controlling both the oven and the hob. In fact, the extractor ran off it as well!
I would like to run the new oven and hob from the same switch again really. I bought a new 45amp switch and a cooker connector unit for under the worktop. Will it be ok to wire from the switch to the cooker connector, then wire both the hob and the oven into this connector? I've no extractor to worry about.
My simple mind adds up the maximum current draw from the new cooker and hob and gets 46amps, which is one more than I think the fuse covers. So if I was running a pyrolitic oven cleaning cycle and boiling 4 pans on the hob I might have a problem...... is it as simple as that ?
I'd be grateful of your advice.
Cheers,
Phil
I have read the recent threads on oven and hob installation and I'd like to run this one by you....
I've ordered a Siemens pyrolitic single oven and induction hob rated as follows:
Hob: 6.8kW total connected load, 30amp maximum draw
Oven: 3.5kW total connected load, 16amp maximum draw
The cooker has its own circuit protected with a 45amp (I think, maybe 40amp - will check tonight!) fuse. It's an old style consumer unit so there are no mcb's, just pull out fuses.
When I removed the old De Dietrich single pyrolitic oven and regular ceramic hob I found that the 6mm cable went to the cooker switch, then there were two sets of 6mm cable coming from the switch - one to the oven and the other to the hob. It all worked perfectly well, the cooker switch controlling both the oven and the hob. In fact, the extractor ran off it as well!
I would like to run the new oven and hob from the same switch again really. I bought a new 45amp switch and a cooker connector unit for under the worktop. Will it be ok to wire from the switch to the cooker connector, then wire both the hob and the oven into this connector? I've no extractor to worry about.
My simple mind adds up the maximum current draw from the new cooker and hob and gets 46amps, which is one more than I think the fuse covers. So if I was running a pyrolitic oven cleaning cycle and boiling 4 pans on the hob I might have a problem...... is it as simple as that ?
I'd be grateful of your advice.
Cheers,
Phil