Cooker 6mm to plug

[Lickdan]

Hi there
Just realised that my new 2.4kw oven has a plug attached. I had originally wired in a double cooker outlet with 6mm cable to the hob (6600w)on 32a breaker and ran the 6mm flex also to the tall housing and next job was to connect the wire to a terminal block on oven. Problem is now the 6mm flex is too thick and can’t be wired as no terminal block. Can’t think best way of doing this now. I have a built in microwave to go above it that will be plugged into a double socket behind oven. I didn’t want to run both appliances to the socket as I never saw this coming as only got the oven recently and been on with full refit. Just thinking can I connect this to the twin . Outlet? Any way? Or have I wasted my time now with the cable

 

[foxhole]

Run a socket off to new oven position.

 

[Lickdan]

Socket from the dual ? Would the 6mm flex need changing ?

 

[sparkwright]

Can you fit a 13amp socket onto the end of the 6mm2 flex?

 

[Lickdan]

hi there, if I can is that all good then? Or would I need to swap the flex for 2.5mm cable

 

[sparkwright]

hi there, if I can is that all good then? Or would I need to swap the flex for 2.5mm cable

No, 6.0 mm2 is fine, in fact, better.

Make sure if the socket is behind the oven that there is room to push the oven back. Or fit the socket in a cupboard next to the oven, or similar.

 

[Lickdan]

Nice one pal, that is great news, so it’s as simple as wiring the 6mm flex onto a socket. I was fearing the worst and expecting to have to change the cable having spent a bit on it.
The smaller length of cable in pic For hob was too thick for the hob so had to use the pre wired cable from the hob into the dual. And take the smaller length out. So the longer length is getting a surface mount box fitted tomorrow and cooker will plug into that

 

[Lickdan]

Thanks guys got this done today after help