Our cooker power went off other day out the blue. I checked fuse box an the 5amp wire had broke. Changed that. Still no power. Had a look at back of cooker an cant see anything. The cooker,hood ,2under cabinet lights have stopped working. The wires all seem to lead to this box behind the cooker.
help needed with cooker
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Depends on your skills and confidence.
As deadshort has said that box is too small. Several cables have had strands removed because the hole in the terminal is too small for all the strands to fit into the terminal.
A larger junction box is needed. Possibly http://www.screwfix.com/p/30a-3-terminal-heavy-duty-junction-box-black/7552d
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The bare protective conductors need sleeving as well.
By asking if you can fix it yourself answers the question, No.
Get someone in.
Andy
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I'm surprised how restrained people are, it's an absolute dogs dinner. The only thing in it's favour is it's in an enclosure rather than bare terminal blocks!
As above the larger cables need cutting back stripping and re terminating, the earth cpcs need sleeving, the grey sheaths all need to enter the box, and the box needs to be rated for the load.
Oh and for bonus marks the box should be fixed down and the cables clipped if there's likely to be any movement on the cables.
After all that the whole circuit should be tested from the fuse box, including a visual check for other dodgy wiring.
I think it's done you a favour in failing as at least it's drawn to your attention the problems with the wiring.
As above the larger cables need cutting back stripping and re terminating, the earth cpcs need sleeving, the grey sheaths all need to enter the box, and the box needs to be rated for the load.
Oh and for bonus marks the box should be fixed down and the cables clipped if there's likely to be any movement on the cables.
After all that the whole circuit should be tested from the fuse box, including a visual check for other dodgy wiring.
I think it's done you a favour in failing as at least it's drawn to your attention the problems with the wiring.
I'm not convinced that it had a lid, and therefore counts as an enclosure...
The whole thing is a disaster area.
One of these might be a lot better
https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/AAJB60.html
One of these might be a lot better
https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/AAJB60.html
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Be nice, you've got to give them something! OK how about this, ... at least there's green and yellow sleeving on one of the cpcs! Can't take that away from them!
It looks very dangerous on so many levels. Whats with varying sizes of the wires? It would appear that the cooker, lights and cooker hood may all connected to the same circuit.
What is supplying that junction box? If it has a 5A fuse, it could be a lighting circuit. But with a cooker connected to it!
On the other hand, it could be a cooker circuit with lighting connected to it, and if they aren't fused appropriately.....
The wires that aren't connected look as if they have been deliberately cut off and just left there. Has someone disconnected a hardwired free standing cooker and replaced it with an oven that has been plugged in? Who knows, it needs a good dose of looking at.
What is supplying that junction box? If it has a 5A fuse, it could be a lighting circuit. But with a cooker connected to it!
On the other hand, it could be a cooker circuit with lighting connected to it, and if they aren't fused appropriately..... The wires that aren't connected look as if they have been deliberately cut off and just left there. Has someone disconnected a hardwired free standing cooker and replaced it with an oven that has been plugged in? Who knows, it needs a good dose of looking at.
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