I am about to purchase a Electric Hob can i just plug this into a wall socket, i currently have a double Electric cooker that is plugged into a wall socket is this ok or do i need a electric engineer to fit this differently.
Now, call me Mr Picky, but coming on an Electrics forum and then picking the subject of your topic as "Electrics" does make me despair....
Thanks for the info i will get a professional to do the jobit's very very doubtful that you have a "double electric cooker" plugged into a socket.. an oven maybe.. but not a hob.. no way... unless it's a 2 ring hob on it's own..
and no you can't plug an electric hob into a wall socket..
a hob on average takes about 7-8KW.. which is somewhere in the region of 30-35A.. your plug is rated at 13A..
you need a part P registered sparky to put it in for you..
you CAN diy, but then you get into long winded conversations on here about Part-P and telling your LABC and cable routes etc etc..
so since you don't seem to know much about electric besides the fact it comes out of those 3 little holes on the wall, then your best bet is as above, a part P registered sparky..
There are hobs designed to be plugged in. The baby belling being a well know one. And there are some two ring induction hobs I have seen.
I do miss my sausages and stirfrys...
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