Disconnecting Cooker

[ClaireRan133]

I'm moving and need to disconnect my electric Freestanding cooker. Can I just turn off the mains fuse box, cutting all power to the house, then unscrew the box, unscrew the 3 terminals, pull the wires out, put the cap back on the cooker terminal box, then just turn all the electrics back on again? Does this sound correct? Thank you.

 

[CountryFan]

Sounds about right to me.

 

[blup]

Use connector blocks or electrical tape so wires arent live to touch when the next person unscrews the plate. If you have a local isolation switch or an individual mcb, turm those off to save plunging the house into darkness. Test for dead with a multi,meter whichever method you use

 

[mikeyd]

Use connector blocks or electrical tape so wires arent live to touch when the next person unscrews the plate. If you have a local isolation switch or an individual mcb, turm those off to save plunging the house into darkness. Test for dead with a multi,meter whichever method you use

Sounds like they have a cooker connection unit,, so there shouldn't be any loose wires behind the plate.

 

[ClaireRan133]

@blup thank you. I was planning on keeping the wire attached to the cooker, not leaving it attached to the wall. So would I need to do anything to the terminal, or can I just put the cap back on and then turn all the power back on?

 

[SUNRAY]

If you have something like this which your cooker connects into; remove the front plate and it should be fairly obvious.
If in doubt some pictures please.

 

[blup]

@blup thank you. I was planning on keeping the wire attached to the cooker, not leaving it attached to the wall. So would I need to do anything to the terminal, or can I just put the cap back on and then turn all the power back on?

Nothing needed if thats the set up

 

[ClaireRan133]

Ok its a bit different to what I thought. The cooker is wired into a plug socket. Can I still just turn off all the electrics to the entire house at the fuseboard, open up the socket and just disconnect the wires attached to the cooker cable, then just screw the socket front back on? (like a plug) or do I need to do anything special in the socket? Thank you

 

[opps]

So the cable is plastered in and pops out of the wall, and not to a junction box?

 

[SUNRAY]

If you have something like this which your cooker connects into; remove the front plate and it should be fairly obvious.
If in doubt some pictures please.

My apologies, I didn't attatch a pic
Do you have something like this behind the cooker?

 

[ClaireRan133]

the cable is in trunking down the tiles, it goes through the cupboard underneath and into the back of the cupboard. I don't want to leave the cable behind, so I need to disconnect from this socket.

 

[opps]

Fair play. Just disconnect the cable in the switch and pull the load cable out of the trunking.

 

[ClaireRan133]

I did it!!!!! Thank you everyone for your help and for saving me £60! I was sweating like crazy lol but I did it! Thank you