what is with all the oven / hob questions?

[ColJack]

is it half price weekend at the cooker store or something..
or just that it was payday last week for monthly paid?

every DIY'er out there seems to have picked this weekend to start messing with their oven / hob set ups...

 

[swidders]

I want to run a cable for my hob back to the consumer unit.
To avoid nuisance trips, can I solder it straight onto the busbar?
Also, I want to avoid lifting boards and disturbing my decoration. Instead of 6mm can I use 6 core telephone wire - this will also give me the advantage of adding a few extra sockets for my oven and extractor fan. Masking tape will be OK to connect the wires won't they? I've been to BQ and the fittings are so expensive and I'm on a tight budget.

I hate you thieving electricians - why can't you do it all for free?

 

[conny]

Masking tape will be OK to connect the wires won't they?

NO! You MUST use clear sellotape then you can see if the joint works loose!

can I use 6 core telephone wire

Best use 12 core it can carry a heavier load.

 

[swidders]

Masking tape will be OK to connect the wires won't they?

NO! You MUST use clear sellotape then you can see if the joint works loose!

can I use 6 core telephone wire

Best use 12 core it can carry a heavier load.

That's great news - I can extend the circuit up to my three 10.5kW showers.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Best use 12 core it can carry a heavier load.

That will have gone right over his head - he doesn't even begin to grasp the concepts of different loads, and why cables are made in different sizes...

 

[bernardgreen]

Tho save waste and improve your carbon footprint the 12 core on route to the cooker / hobs can be used for under floor heating,

 

[ban-all-sheds]

And leave a big long loop tucked in the corner of the living room, if you can, as at Xmas it can be wound around the tree where it will give off a festive glow.

 

[TonyW2]

This is proving to be a great forum for learning useful tricks of the trade and saving a fortune.
Would it be possible to develop a system by which the professionals write in green ink, DIYers use red, and dumb blondes and their partners use something nice and twinkly?
I am never quite sure which writers have their tongues in their cheek or something.

 

[bernardgreen]

YES and / or NO

Or in new harmonised colours ??? and / or ??

 

[swidders]

I hear that electricity is cheaper in some different countries. So, I thought I'd hire a cottage in one of them and run some garden wire from there over to my house in the UK. The plastic coating should be enough to protect is from running under the English Channel. Any other suggestions?

 

[bernardgreen]

Run it through the channel tunnel. Won't get wet then.

 

[LiamPope]

Run it through the channel tunnel. Won't get wet then.

Ah, but wont the voltage drop as the cable drops below sea level (cos you're closer to earth)? Or would the voltage rise back up again on the way out?

With that in mind, would clipping to floating buoys be better?

 

[swidders]

Run it through the channel tunnel. Won't get wet then.

Ah, but wont the voltage drop as the cable drops below sea level (cos you're closer to earth)? Or would the voltage rise back up again on the way out?

With that in mind, would clipping to floating buoys be better?

I'm a bit worried about a terrorist attack in the tunnel and about shipping messing with my wire. Hence why I think underwater would be better. Also, I would hope the temperature of the water would help create a super-conducting stretch of wire and save me even more money.

 

[conny]

Don't forget though ALL joints have to be sellotaped!

If going underwater 2 layers should be sufficient.

 

[swidders]

Don't forget though ALL joints have to be sellotaped!

If going underwater 2 layers should be sufficient.

Can I do a few sub-aqua spurs off this for my mates, since they want a part of the action? I see a real money earner here - I might even sell some back to the national grid.

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• swidders
• 2 Mar 2009
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