I'm wondering whether anybody might be able to help me to work out where my problem is with my electric cooker installation.
I have just moved into a rented property with a brand new kitchen having been installed - no cooker though so had to supply my own. There is a new cooker control switch /plate (which may well be just a new face plate as I think the old one was in the same place) and a new cooker connection point coming from this (this is definitely in a new place, but must use the old wiring as it's red / black / earth).
I bought a second hand cooker and decided to hook it up myself using 6mm twin and earth cable, which I've tried to do today. After connecting up the cable and turning the cooker circuit / switch back on there seemed to be no power to the cooker (no display or anything). So i guessed it was probably either my wiring or the wiring to the cooker connection point. However, checking with a non contact voltage detector, there is voltage in the wire, voltage at the display panel, and voltage at the ceramic hobs *if* i turn them on (no signs of life from the cooker despite this).
Any ideas if this is indicative of where the fault lies? I obviously don't know how much power is getting to the cooker just from using the non contact tester. I know that the socket on the cooker control switch is working fine as I've plugged a kettle in there to try it out.
The back of the cooker connection I wasn't too sure about as it seems to me that it might be better off with crimped connectors. I don't know whether a poor connection on the wire would stop the cooker working whatsoever. I will see if i can upload a picture of the connections on the cooker
Any suggestions much appreciated - not sure whether i need to go back to the person i bought the cooker from or whether it's likely to be something else that's wrong!
I have just moved into a rented property with a brand new kitchen having been installed - no cooker though so had to supply my own. There is a new cooker control switch /plate (which may well be just a new face plate as I think the old one was in the same place) and a new cooker connection point coming from this (this is definitely in a new place, but must use the old wiring as it's red / black / earth).
I bought a second hand cooker and decided to hook it up myself using 6mm twin and earth cable, which I've tried to do today. After connecting up the cable and turning the cooker circuit / switch back on there seemed to be no power to the cooker (no display or anything). So i guessed it was probably either my wiring or the wiring to the cooker connection point. However, checking with a non contact voltage detector, there is voltage in the wire, voltage at the display panel, and voltage at the ceramic hobs *if* i turn them on (no signs of life from the cooker despite this).
Any ideas if this is indicative of where the fault lies? I obviously don't know how much power is getting to the cooker just from using the non contact tester. I know that the socket on the cooker control switch is working fine as I've plugged a kettle in there to try it out.
The back of the cooker connection I wasn't too sure about as it seems to me that it might be better off with crimped connectors. I don't know whether a poor connection on the wire would stop the cooker working whatsoever. I will see if i can upload a picture of the connections on the cooker
Any suggestions much appreciated - not sure whether i need to go back to the person i bought the cooker from or whether it's likely to be something else that's wrong!