Electric Oven Installation

[BayBoy]

Hi
I'm replacing an electric oven and the flex from the existing oven is too short to fit into the new oven. Can I use a permanent connection box to extend then flex or do I have to replace the flex? The existing flex runs behind cupboards, wall tiles etc and I was hoping to not destroy my kitchen.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Andy

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The existing flex runs behind cupboards, wall tiles etc

You're not supposed to bury flex in walls....

Do you have the normal (ish) installation of a cooker control unit feeding a cooker outlet plate, where the appliance is wired? Ignoring the run behind the cupboards for now, how and where is the existing flex connected?

 

[BayBoy]

Thanks for the reply.

There is a cooker control unit on the wall and I haven't seen a cooker outlet plate. Perhaps that's hidden behind the cupboards. I will have to take the cupboards out and have a look. This was all done by the last owners, i.e. before we moved into the house, which is why I don't know.

Presumably I can just run a longer cable from the outlet plate to the cooker?

Andy

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Thanks for the reply.

There is a cooker control unit on the wall and I haven't seen a cooker outlet plate. Perhaps that's hidden behind the cupboards.

It should be vertically below the CCU.

I will have to take the cupboards out and have a look. This was all done by the last owners, i.e. before we moved into the house, which is why I don't know.

Depending on the design of the cupbords, and how the worktop is installed, it can be easier to remove the worktop and peer down the back.

Or take drawers right out, often you can then see the wall.

Presumably I can just run a longer cable from the outlet plate to the cooker?

Andy

Yup. What's the rating of the oven?