Hi,
We've recently had a new kitchen installed, with 2 built-in ovens side by side. I thought I was using a trusted electrician, found via social media - I may have fallen into the age old trap as they seem to have gone off the radar so asking here for a bit of reassurance that what they have installed is safe.
We're in a new build, and have the NICEIC certificate that states we have a oven fuse in the fuse board, rated 32a. It's using 6mm cable. There is an oven isolator switch in the kitchen. This also has a plug on it.
They have put in a dual appliance plate using 6mm cable from the oven switch to the dual appliance plate, then 6mm twin and earth from the dual plate to each oven. The cable from the switch to the plate is run behind the plasterboard dot and dab wall, and the two cables feeding the ovens are cable clipped down the wall then run under and into each cupboard holding the oven.
He said I don't need a new NICEIC certificate and the work was not notifiable as he's used the existing circuit. I asked a couple more things because I read somewhere that each oven should have had its own isolator switch (I know, I don't understand this stuff so I shouldn't have googled it myself) but he's now not replying. They are zanussi ovens, with: Total electricity loading, W3490 (taken from the zanussi website) but there is nothing in the manual about minimum or maximum fuse requirements.
Do I need to call another electrician to come and check this or am I being paranoid?
We've recently had a new kitchen installed, with 2 built-in ovens side by side. I thought I was using a trusted electrician, found via social media - I may have fallen into the age old trap as they seem to have gone off the radar so asking here for a bit of reassurance that what they have installed is safe.
We're in a new build, and have the NICEIC certificate that states we have a oven fuse in the fuse board, rated 32a. It's using 6mm cable. There is an oven isolator switch in the kitchen. This also has a plug on it.
They have put in a dual appliance plate using 6mm cable from the oven switch to the dual appliance plate, then 6mm twin and earth from the dual plate to each oven. The cable from the switch to the plate is run behind the plasterboard dot and dab wall, and the two cables feeding the ovens are cable clipped down the wall then run under and into each cupboard holding the oven.
He said I don't need a new NICEIC certificate and the work was not notifiable as he's used the existing circuit. I asked a couple more things because I read somewhere that each oven should have had its own isolator switch (I know, I don't understand this stuff so I shouldn't have googled it myself) but he's now not replying. They are zanussi ovens, with: Total electricity loading, W3490 (taken from the zanussi website) but there is nothing in the manual about minimum or maximum fuse requirements.
Do I need to call another electrician to come and check this or am I being paranoid?
