Mum's single oven wired correctly??

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Hello all,
So, my mum has recently moved to a different house.
The single oven is wired from the consumer box with a 40A MCB using 4mm² cable to an unfused switch then 4mm² cable directly to the oven.
The oven is fated at 9.6A and 2.2kw.
IS this set up correctly?
 
Yes and no..... 9 amps cant overload a 4mm cable but a 4mm cable shouldn't be on a 40 amp mcb.

I would have used a 32 amp mcb or even a 16 amp in your case but that won't allow future additions.
 
It's a bad sign, i.e. who knows what other "unconventional" things you will find if you poke around...
Yes it sometimes happens when the consumer unit comes with all the mcbs already in, some "elecricians" just put the wires in any old slot.
 
Chart found here 4 mm² 17.5–37 amps depending on installation methods, flat twin and earth is made as a 90°C version as well as 70°C, but there are no charts I can find for it, but for other multicore cables we see 30–49 amps, so I would say no real problem on a 32 amp MCB/RCBO.

The whole idea is the protective device will open before the cable is damaged, with a short circuit that will be the case, and with the oven is rated at 9.6A/2.2kw it is unlikely to have a load over 17.5 amp for an extended time, so in real terms not a problem.

Where the problem lies, is when the oven is changed for a larger unit. We know the MCB should protect the cable, and in your case if the unit can draw over the rated amps of the cable it will not protect the cable if the oven is swapped.

The other question is what is needed to protect the oven its self? Often internal wires are not even 4 mm² and for any item not plugged in, the manufacturer can stipulate maximum supply size, often they don't, but clearly there must be a limit, would not be safe on a 100 amp supply. So we look at tradition, and traditionally a cooker has a 32 amp supply, so in the main we would supply any cooker with a 32 amp supply unless the manufacturer says otherwise.

So I would continue as you are, but get a replacement of correct make and size for the consumer unit and next time you get any other electrical work done, get it changed at the same time. But no hurry, until oven changed there is unlikely to be a problem.
 
90°C Thermosetting Insulated and Sheathed Flat Cable with Protective Conductor (COPPER CONDUCTORS) does not exist, as I did, you can look at other tables, and one can assume it will be similar, but there is no table under the heading above.
 
You need a table that applies to the cable you use. It doesn't matter what the heading of the table is. 4E2 applies to H6242B - the manufacturer's data sheet says so.
 

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