Weve just had our kitchen fitted, which involved the installation of our new built in oven.
However, I am a bit confused as to what has been done. I noticed in the main fuse board that the old cooker fuse switch was turned off, and wondered how the oven was wired. I then turned off the domestic cirucuit which powers the downstairs sockets, and the oven went off.
From doing a bit of reading, I have learnt that it should be wired into its own fused cirucuit... although the installation manual says:
"This appliance should be wired into a 13A double pole switched fused spur outlet having 3mm contact separation and placed in an easily accessible position adjacant to the appliance"
The old oven was wired into a 30A socket (one with a big red switch!), which I knew to be wired directly to the fuseboard as mentioned above. The new oven has not been connected to this, so the only place I can think its been connected to is in a socket directly behind the built in oven (there was a 3 pin socket, next to a blanked off socket...but I know the hob has been plugged into the socket), and it is certainly not easily accessible, unless you take the oven out.
The only means I have off turning the oven off, is by sitching the approriate fuse switch off in the fusebox, which turns off all the ground floor sockets...
Is this correct, or should I be chasing the installer up to sort it out, as I have no other means of switching the oven off...
I need to know where I stand, so I know what im talking about. Ive also just learnt that any domestic electrical work should be carried out by a qualified electrician, is there a register I can check to see if he is qualified, as I am havind difficulty getting hold of him, and am tempted to go to trading standards.
Cheers
However, I am a bit confused as to what has been done. I noticed in the main fuse board that the old cooker fuse switch was turned off, and wondered how the oven was wired. I then turned off the domestic cirucuit which powers the downstairs sockets, and the oven went off.
From doing a bit of reading, I have learnt that it should be wired into its own fused cirucuit... although the installation manual says:
"This appliance should be wired into a 13A double pole switched fused spur outlet having 3mm contact separation and placed in an easily accessible position adjacant to the appliance"
The old oven was wired into a 30A socket (one with a big red switch!), which I knew to be wired directly to the fuseboard as mentioned above. The new oven has not been connected to this, so the only place I can think its been connected to is in a socket directly behind the built in oven (there was a 3 pin socket, next to a blanked off socket...but I know the hob has been plugged into the socket), and it is certainly not easily accessible, unless you take the oven out.
The only means I have off turning the oven off, is by sitching the approriate fuse switch off in the fusebox, which turns off all the ground floor sockets...
Is this correct, or should I be chasing the installer up to sort it out, as I have no other means of switching the oven off...
I need to know where I stand, so I know what im talking about. Ive also just learnt that any domestic electrical work should be carried out by a qualified electrician, is there a register I can check to see if he is qualified, as I am havind difficulty getting hold of him, and am tempted to go to trading standards.
Cheers