so i've recently moved into a new place and after investigating the electrics i discovered the oven was wired into the ring main for the kitchen.
at first i was shocked it wasn't wired with at least 6mm twin and earth via a double pole breaker to a dedicated mcb.
I discovered modern ovens are generally a lot lower powered and designed to either have a 13 amp plug on it or wired into a 13 amp spur.
Seems my oven is one of these types :
http://www.serviceforce.co.uk/pdfs/U20426.pdf (page 18 )
only thing is it doesn't have a double pole breaker switch at all, let alone within 2m of the oven.
because my oven is designed for a 13 amp circuit does it mean it doesn't need a breaker switch or does it still need one?
I will be greatly appreciative is someone could clarify this for me!
P.S. i'm not interested in getting into the usual 'part p' debate on this thread, i just want to know how my oven should be correctly installed!
at first i was shocked it wasn't wired with at least 6mm twin and earth via a double pole breaker to a dedicated mcb.
I discovered modern ovens are generally a lot lower powered and designed to either have a 13 amp plug on it or wired into a 13 amp spur.
Seems my oven is one of these types :
http://www.serviceforce.co.uk/pdfs/U20426.pdf (page 18 )
only thing is it doesn't have a double pole breaker switch at all, let alone within 2m of the oven.
because my oven is designed for a 13 amp circuit does it mean it doesn't need a breaker switch or does it still need one?
I will be greatly appreciative is someone could clarify this for me!
P.S. i'm not interested in getting into the usual 'part p' debate on this thread, i just want to know how my oven should be correctly installed!