Electric oven install help

[taylormooreirvin]

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[RandomGrinch]

There's been plenty of discussion about this over on the "Electrics UK" forum - basically, the fuse is there to protect the cable, not the appliance.
There is nothing wrong with connecting a 20A oven to a higher current cooker circuit, as long as the cable is specified correctly.
There is even an argument that a 2400W "Plug and go' oven would be fine on such a circuit..

Oven - plug

Hi - I have purchased a new oven, with a plug on it. I do not have a socket nearby, but do have an oven switch on the wall nearby (big red button), which current oven is wired into. Is it fine to get a sparky to take the plug taken off and wired into that switch? Or will it be too powerful for...

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[pete01]

No I doesn't "fail" and it can be safe

 

[Deleted member 310928]

do we fail the installation as the fuse board is giving too much power to the cooker? Surely that can’t be safe?

If a customer orders a 20A cooker

Are you installing this for a customer? If so, you shouldn't be asking these types of questions...

The MCB will provide as much as current it depends on the load. Read about amps and voltage.