Hi All, I am in the process of installing a kitchen from IKEA - first time and just planning a few things.
I have taken out my old kitchen and the old electric oven was plugged into a normal 13amp socket. I am aware that I may need to put a new socket in with either its own circuit or fused socket for the new cooker. I have read that if it is under 3kW then it is ok to use a standard 13amp plug and socket but any more powerful and I will need to do more than this.
My problem is that on the paperwork with the cooker it says that it is 110 W. Now.. does this W stand for Watts?! Is this equivalent to 1.1kW? Is 1kW not equal to 1000W, making my oven only 0.1kW, a ridiculously low amount? I am expecting it to be a low wattage because it is the simplest of simple single electric oven, but not this low!
If the W does not stand for this, then the only other figures I have to go on are "230v ~ 50Hz" next to the barcode. Does this help anything?
I have tried to phone the store I bought it from but cannot get through to anybody. Please explain!
Thank you very much.
I have taken out my old kitchen and the old electric oven was plugged into a normal 13amp socket. I am aware that I may need to put a new socket in with either its own circuit or fused socket for the new cooker. I have read that if it is under 3kW then it is ok to use a standard 13amp plug and socket but any more powerful and I will need to do more than this.
My problem is that on the paperwork with the cooker it says that it is 110 W. Now.. does this W stand for Watts?! Is this equivalent to 1.1kW? Is 1kW not equal to 1000W, making my oven only 0.1kW, a ridiculously low amount? I am expecting it to be a low wattage because it is the simplest of simple single electric oven, but not this low!
If the W does not stand for this, then the only other figures I have to go on are "230v ~ 50Hz" next to the barcode. Does this help anything?
I have tried to phone the store I bought it from but cannot get through to anybody. Please explain!
Thank you very much.