Hi Everyone
I am looking to re-model my kitchen including an Induction Hob and Electric Oven (currently we have gas). Now I am hoping that behind my cooker I will find an old electrical feed to the fuse box which was [once upon a time] used for an electric cooker. I think this because in my fuse box there are five fuses and one empty slot, on the removable cover it has 'cooker' written where the empty slot is. If I manage to find this cable I need to know if this one cable and fuse can handle both device. The power requirements for them are:
Oven: 7.2kw
Hob: 5.5kw
By my calculations this adds up to 55.2A ((7200w+5500w)/230V). Then I found information today that this isn't necessarily the requirement, according to the 16th Edition(for cookers) you only need to account for the first 10A of this load plus 30% plus 5A for the socket. This works out to:
(55.2-10)*0.3+10+5 = 28.5A
I got this information from http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Book/6.5.2.htm (I realise this is 16th and there is a 17th now which I need to check so I am assuming this part hasn't changed).
Does this mean that one cable will be sufficient to connect both the hob and the oven to the fuse box with a 32A fuse or have I misunderstood?
I would appreciate any help anyone can provide as I have read quite a bit of conflicting information/advice.
Thanks in advance, Craig.
I am looking to re-model my kitchen including an Induction Hob and Electric Oven (currently we have gas). Now I am hoping that behind my cooker I will find an old electrical feed to the fuse box which was [once upon a time] used for an electric cooker. I think this because in my fuse box there are five fuses and one empty slot, on the removable cover it has 'cooker' written where the empty slot is. If I manage to find this cable I need to know if this one cable and fuse can handle both device. The power requirements for them are:
Oven: 7.2kw
Hob: 5.5kw
By my calculations this adds up to 55.2A ((7200w+5500w)/230V). Then I found information today that this isn't necessarily the requirement, according to the 16th Edition(for cookers) you only need to account for the first 10A of this load plus 30% plus 5A for the socket. This works out to:
(55.2-10)*0.3+10+5 = 28.5A
I got this information from http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Book/6.5.2.htm (I realise this is 16th and there is a 17th now which I need to check so I am assuming this part hasn't changed).
Does this mean that one cable will be sufficient to connect both the hob and the oven to the fuse box with a 32A fuse or have I misunderstood?
I would appreciate any help anyone can provide as I have read quite a bit of conflicting information/advice.
Thanks in advance, Craig.