Oven with 13 Amp plug - can it work on 16Amp MCB?

[Ct1071]

Hi,
Firstly, sorry for the dumb question - not really up on electrics.

We have just moved house and our trusty Smeg oven - which runs off a 13 amp plug - is tripping the downstairs breaker. There is a direct connection behind the oven but this runs to a 32 Amp breaker - I know I cant just wire it in to that. My question is can I change the 32 amp breaker for a 16 amp breaker and then connect the oven? I cant find a 13amp breaker so I guess it would need to be 16 amp?

Thanks for any help.
Regards
Chris

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

There must be a reason for the breaker tripping, as you already have a 13A plug which discriminates the circuit, so it would make no difference whether the MCB at the board is 16, 20, or 32A. It is the breaker that is tripping, not an RCD, RCCB or RCBO?

I am going to assume by you saying breakers, this is a bank of circuits protected by a RCCB/RCD. That would then lead me to thinking your trusted smeg oven, has become faulty, very likely a heating element. Try plugging some else in to the oven socket, like a kettle or Vacuum Cleaner

 

[JohnD]

Is it a single oven? No second cavity or grill?

What else is connected to the 32A circuit that feeds it? Is there a washer, drier, immersion heater, hob?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

We have just moved house and our trusty Smeg oven

is not so trusty

Sorry...

Was it on an RCD circuit in your old house?

Did it move straight from one warm dry house to another, or was it in storage?

There is a direct connection behind the oven but this runs to a 32 Amp breaker - I know I cant just wire it in to that.

Actually you might well be able to, but it won't cure the problem.

 

[Taylortwocities]

And, if not clear from the above

What EXACTLY is "tripping"? What is written on it? (or post a photo)

 

[Ct1071]

Thanks for replying to the question guys. In the old house it was a standard 4 gang extension - which was plugged into a standard 13 amp wall socket.
The old house had very old wiring - in the new house we have plugged it into a standard wall socket - which is on a 32 amp ring. This trips when the oven is on. The new house has much better wiring so I'm not really surprised its tripping.
The new board is on the photo attached.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Yes, we know what a consumer unit look like

BUT
IMPORTANT

What EXACTLY is "tripping"? What is written on it?

Is it the RCD, or something else?

 

[Ct1071]

The downstairs ring trips - so all downstairs sockets go dead. The whitegoods are on a separate MCB.

 

[Taylortwocities]

This is hard work.

The ring is the wiring. Wiring cannot 'trip'

WHAT is it that trips? What is written on it????

 

[Ct1071]

Downstairs sockets - thats all thats written on it

 

[Taylortwocities]

NO NO

It will say B16, or B32 or something.

 

[Ct1071]

Ah right

B32NHXB32

 

[Taylortwocities]

So thre's a fault that will trip a 32A MCB, but not blow a 13A fuse. Interesting..

As above, what happens if you use a high-powered item, like a kettle in that socket?

 

[Ct1071]

I'll try that tonight - you suspect the wall socket might be faulty?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Could be anything. Guessing is not what we like to do with electrics.