Hardwiring of Built Under Oven

[Bertles]

Hi all,

First post! I'm currently having a double under oven put in and the installer has plugged it into a normal plug socket behind the oven, and assures me this is ok. I thought it would need its own spur with a separate accessible switch, especially as I won't be able to access the plug socket once the installation is finished.

I know all appliances are different, this is the installation manual which doesn’t expressly say not to use a standard 13A plug, but a lot of the wording is over my head!

https://portal.bsh-partner.com/TCcu...o0pdmdb---syZ&UMOBID=wdgrnUecdcso0pdmdb---syZ

Is the installer right or should I insist on it being hardwired etc?

Cheers,
Bert

 

[mikeey84]

According to the Screfix website this oven uses 4.9kW.

I am no sparky, so hopefully one will turn up, but my calculations say that this requres around 21.3 amps, so a 13A plug is insufficient, and probably quite dangerous

I would get him back, or better yet get someone in who knows what they are doing!

I have had the same issue on a 2nd hand standalone cooker, ended up burning my hand on the plug when the fuse went.

 

[EFLImpudence]

I can see nothing in the link other than how to use the oven.

However, as far as I can tell from searches the oven is 4.9kW and if so should be on its own circuit - not spur.

There will be a rating plate somewhere on the oven which will state if this is so.

 

[mikeey84]

There will be a rating plate somewhere on the oven which will state if this is so.

yes- discovered that mine said that it should be hard wired in, and what size cable etc should be used. It was right above the connectors, so someone obviously ignored it when they wired up the flex and plug.

I imagine that yours is probably the same

 

[Bertles]

Thanks for the replies guys - I'll have to have a word with the installer.

For the record the (hopefully) correct link to the installation manual is:
https://portal.bsh-partner.com/TCcu...o0pdmdb---0g0&UMOBID=wiwgOuicdcso0pdmdb---0g0

 

[mikeey84]

They seem to be fairly generic instructions that rely on the competence of the installer to know what set up is needed with regards to wiring.

I imagine that they have a number of ovens with varying power requirements in their range