Connecting a new electric cooker

[simonafloat]

Hi all,

When we first moved into our house we had an all electric cooker that was 'hard wired' to a dedicated socket in the kitchen ( wall socket with a big red switch on it). This goes to an old fashioned 30A fuse in our consumer unit.

We switched to an all gas cooker and ended up terminating the electric supply with a normal 13amp socket next to the new cooker just to power the new cookers ignition spark.

We want to switch to a dual fuel cooker which would mean re-hardwiring the 'leccy. Can this be one without having to take the cable right back to the wall socket? That would be difficult as we'd have to rip out kitchen units and the tile splashback. Can it be hardwired by taking off the 13amp socket and replacing it with a 30A junction box? I have no idea what the rating of the new cooker is, but its a 50cm conventional indesit oven.

We will of course be using an electrician but if it's going to mean ripping things out and maybe having to replace the consumer unit then maybe another gas oven is the way to go!

Many thanks,

Simon

 

[flameport]

Either:

replace the socket outlet with a cooker connection plate and wire the cooker to that
or
if it is a single electric oven with gas top, it will probably be supplied with a plug fitted, so just plug in.

 

[deafboy]

Dual fuels are usually about 4kw so a connection plate would be best but wait till you have the cooker before you get anything done

 

[EFLImpudence]

'hard wired' to a dedicated socket in the kitchen ( wall socket with a big red switch on it).

re-hardwiring the 'leccy. Can this be one without having to take the cable right back to the wall socket? That would be difficult as we'd have to rip out kitchen units and the tile splashback.

Can it be hardwired by taking off the 13amp socket and replacing it with a 30A junction box?

Your description doesn't seem totally clear.
However, if a supply of more than 13A is required then, surely, you will have to make everything the same as it was before you altered it.
If you use cable less than 4mm² for the new cooker the rating of the fuse will have to be reduced.

 

[deafboy]

If you remove plinth boards for wiring cable behind cupboards to fuse box then mount switch within unit next to the cooker is this possible? If the fuse box is at high level perhaps mini trunking in corner if it can be hidden? ps just re read your origional post @ 50cm your oven is likely to have a plug top fitted so you may be ok