electric cooker - is it not this simple?

[litrelord]

Hi,

Sorry if I seem a bit slow here.

We've just had a new electric single oven cooker delivered (BEKO SC1521 full details can be found here http://www.beko.co.uk/template/beko-ProductDetailsC/productfeatures.cfm?articleid=1194).

Now, the cooker doesn't come with any cable or anything. I basically have the small black box on the back with three screws and a diagram next to it saying which is L, N & E. There was a cooker there prior to us moving in and so on the wall is a plug socket labelled cooker. So I initially figured I'd buy some (cooker?) cable from the local DIY shop, put the wires onto the three screws and then plug the other end into the socket and turn it on.

Is this not correct? I could pay for an electrician to come and install it but I figure if I do that this time I'll end up doing it every time and where's the fun in that (apart from the fun of not blowing the house up every time I want to make some cheese on toast).

Any pointers would we welcome.

Thanks for reading

Nick

 

[breezer]

link doesnt work

 

[plugwash]

black box sounds strange can you get us a picuture of it?

also is there a big switch for the cooker (sometimes with a socket as well) before this outlet

what power rating is the cooker
what size cable is this cuircuit wired in
what size and type of fuse/breaker is it

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Hob Power (kW) Front left / right 2.0(R) / 1.0
Hob Power (kW) Rear left / right 1.0 / 1.5

Oven Power 1.9 kW

Total 7.4kW = 32.2A.

So no, you can't plug it into a 13A socket.

And even if you do use the dubious assumed demand calculations for a cooking appliance it comes to 16.7A, so you still can't plug it into a 13A socket.

 

[plugwash]

oh you mean't black box on the cooker not on the wall sorry i misread

do you have a cooker control unit http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_In...sories/Cooker_and_45Amp_Switches_4/index.html

and cooker outlet plate http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MKK5045.html

already

if so then what size cable and what rating and type of fuse or breaker
if not then what brand and style is your consumer unit (a picture would be usefull) and does it have any spare ways

 

[Lectrician]

Very often if a gas cooker was used previously, the cooker outlet plate is changed to a single socket (or if a low power oven was used).

IF the cable is large enough, and cmes via the said 'cooker control unit', then the single socket can be changed back to a 'cooker outlet plate', and 6mm cable used from there to the new appliance.