Replace 45A Cooker control unit with 13A 2 gang double pole

[devtshe]

Hi,

We had an electric cooker (with a 45A switch - one with big red cooker switch plus a 13A socket) but we don't have it anymore, installed a gas one.

Question is: is it OK to just replace the 45A switch with a 2gang double socket switch - disconnecting the LOAD cable, and connecting the cable going into the FEED of the old switch into the new 2 gang switch? What about the circuit breaker at the consumer unit - need to downgrade? Anything else need to be taken care of?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Dev

 

[riveralt]

There is no problem in doing what you propose.
The purpose of the MCB is to protect the cable so assuming that the old cooker circuit used 6mm2 or even 4mm2 T&E cable and had 32Amp MCB you could leave it as it is.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Where is the switch in relation to the gas hob?

 

[ricicle]

Is this circuit 30mA RCD protected ?