I'll be getting an electrician to install a new induction hob and would like to be aware in advance what new or altered wiring will be required.
The house was built in 1997 and has a split consumer unit. The existing cooker circuit is in 6mm cable on a 32A mcb, not RCD protected. There is a isolating switch in the kitchen marked 'Cooker'. It is original house wiring and would expect it was to the standard required at the time built.
The existing oven is 4.9kW, the new hob 7.1kW.
Is the existing 6mm cable and 32A mcb adequate?
I believe new regs require cooker and hob to be RCD protected, so I expect the electrician will move the existing 32A cooker mcb over from the unprotected to the RCD side of the consumer unit, fit a junction box behind the kitchen units to split this and supply both oven and hob off this circuit. Finally test and be given a certificate to say the works complies with regs?
Does that more or less sum up what I should be quoted for?
The house was built in 1997 and has a split consumer unit. The existing cooker circuit is in 6mm cable on a 32A mcb, not RCD protected. There is a isolating switch in the kitchen marked 'Cooker'. It is original house wiring and would expect it was to the standard required at the time built.
The existing oven is 4.9kW, the new hob 7.1kW.
Is the existing 6mm cable and 32A mcb adequate?
I believe new regs require cooker and hob to be RCD protected, so I expect the electrician will move the existing 32A cooker mcb over from the unprotected to the RCD side of the consumer unit, fit a junction box behind the kitchen units to split this and supply both oven and hob off this circuit. Finally test and be given a certificate to say the works complies with regs?
Does that more or less sum up what I should be quoted for?
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