COOKER

[chitchat]

hi please can some clarify, my mate is going to fit what i think is a 26amp pizza cooker into a cafe. In the cafe they have already got a 7mm flex point out to one of their cookers in there, that goes to a wall outlet (no switch just a cover with a hole in it where the flex comes out into the cooker).

My mate said you can bridge into that single 7mm supply and run both cookers off it. I said if they need to put the other cooker in their then they will need an addtional radial supply from the consumer unit with correct mcb 30amp (not sure on pizza cooker amp rating) but I said id ask someone to check before he goes ahead.

PS I you could run say x2 20 amp cookers on a single 40amp mcb but still think separate radial supply is best!

Please let me know best method to solve this any help appreciated

thanks

 

[ricicle]

You both don't sound like you know what you are talking about, and as this is a commercial premises I would suggest you have the work carried out by a professional electrician

 

[Steve]

hi please can some clarify, my mate is going to fit what i think is a 26amp pizza cooker into a cafe.

26 amp? at what design voltage? what wattage is it?

In the cafe they have already got a 7mm flex point out to one of their cookers in there, that goes to a wall outlet (no switch just a cover with a hole in it where the flex comes out into the cooker).

Really? where did they get this 7mm cable? 'cos I aint ever seen any. And there ought to be a local point of isolation for every appliance.

My mate said you can bridge into that single 7mm supply and run both cookers off it.

Really? Is your mate qualified? Does he value his life?

I said if they need to put the other cooker in their then they will need an addtional radial supply from the consumer unit with correct mcb 30amp

yes. But AFAIK, no manufacturers make 30 amp MCBs any more.

(not sure on pizza cooker amp rating)

But you said you'd worked it out at 26 amps?

PS I you could run say x2 20 amp cookers on a single 40amp mcb but still think separate radial supply is best!

But you said at least one is 26 amps. And yes, a seperate radial would need to be fitted, from a 32 amp breaker.

Please let me know best method to solve this any help appreciated

CALL AN ELECTRICIAN. An electrician will have public liability insurance, for doing work like this. If the place burnt down as a result of your mate's incompetance, the insurance company would not pay out - they'd want to see test certificates for the installation etc. If someone died, again, no insurers would pay out.

Oh, and theres the fact that, on the whole, neither of you know what you're talking about.

 

[kevplumb]

howay crafty stop beating about the bush

 

[securespark]

 

[Steve]

Think i was a bit harsh?

 

[securespark]

Not really. With such basic knowledge as displayed, the OP should not really undertake any work like that.

We can never stop anybody, but I think we should warn against work if it is obvious the posters don't have sufficient knowledge to complete a job safely.

 

[chitchat]

hi thanks for the reply guys you confirmed what i said he will need a seperate radial from the consumer unit with 32amp (not 30amp!) mcb rating with isolation switch.

think hes gonna have a problem though because this site has all finished fittitings and from what he told me youd have to strip out smash tiles, take out stainless sufaces to hide the cable run as the guy who owns it wont have conduits or trunking fitted?

cheers

some of you! guys need to lighten up a bit its a site for asking questions not getting your knuckles wraped.

thanks again

 

[Steve]

Sorry, we have to "wrap knuckles" and advise against DIY work when posters appear to know dangerously little about what they are talking about.

 

[securespark]

To add to that, you are not asking a question about DIY. It is a question concerning a commercial installation.

Lighten up?

What, like the caff when it catches fire due to a poor installation?