Replacing Oven

[markone]

Over Christmas my electric oven broke down and so yesterday collected a brand new electric oven that is self cleaning, turbo fan assisted and so on

Need to wire it in

The old wires are under tiles and plaster and the new ovens' wire is only about 3 ft in lenght, I need at least 6 can I use a junction box or connectors or wire the old wire directly to the new one

PLEASE HELP

 

[ColJack]

firstly lets make sure we're all on the same page..

by oven you mean oven right? not "cooker"... as in hob, grill and everything.?

secondly don't use a JB.. not if you can help it..

thirdly, is the oven the same rating as the old one.. ?
replacing an old single oven with a new fancy double that you can have the grill on at the same time is a bad idea since the wiring probably isn't up to scratch..

 

[Albert]

Is the existing cable suitable, in size, to the new oven?
The control unit should not be in a distance of more than 2m from the cooker.
you may use a JB to extend the cable but you have to make sure that it is suitable to carry the electrical load of the circuit and will be accessible.
I do not know how your cooker was supplied, I mean did it come with a cable already connected? if not there is no reason why you could not connect directly. When I say directly I mean:
from CU to a control unit, not more than 2m away from applience (but not too near at least 150mm).
from the control unit a cable to a connection unit.
from the connection unit to the oven/cooker.

 

[ColJack]

one of these with one of these on the end of the existing cable, screwed to the wall ( carefully and after checking for buried cables.. ) then connect your new oven to it..

we still need to know the existing cable size, breaker size, whether the oven is on the ring or it's own supply.. and what the new oven is rated at so that we can tell you if it's safe..

 

[markone]

Thank you sooo much for your replies


They are both single ovens, the old one is very basic the new one has a fan

www.teka.com/html/cat/prod.php?prod...en&backto=Ovens&nameProd=HA 850&nameCat=Ovens



The new one is rated at 34 amps

The old one according to the label is 240 50mhz 2.0 KW

The new one comes with a wired cable but its vert short and goes intoo a plastic box where it can be changed although I would rather put a junction box on

 

[ColJack]

where do you get this rating of 34Amps?

2.6KW is what I read from the tech specs..

 

[markone]

There is no label on the oven I rang the supplier but they are just the retailer

I was going to use a junction box

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/17018...-Boxes/Heavy-Duty-Junction-Box-30A-3-Terminal

 

[ColJack]

without knowing the size of the existing cables it would not be prudent of us to say "yes it's fine, just connect it to the existing cable.."..

for all we know your existing may be 1mm flex..

 

[Albert]

Please do not ignore the cable size, in my opinion this is the most important part of the circuit and it must be adequate

 

[markone]

New Cable

OLD

I am quite sure they are the same