Wiring a cooker

[Rabmac1]

Hi,

My current single oven has a plug which gets plugged into a cooker socket in a cupboard to the right of the oven.

Sadly this oven has stopped working fully and needs replaced.

I was looking at this oven: http://www.argos-support.co.uk/ctrl-data/uploads/files/4141068_D001.pdf Bush BMFDEFSS

My question is can I plug this into the cooker socket as I did with the previous one?

Thanks

 

[Rabmac1]

Read label on oven and it says it has a load of 2.9kW and I think the mains is 230V.

From physics I recall that P=IV => I = P/V => I = 2900/230 => I = 12.61A

Would I not get away with a 13A fuse on a plug, which is plugged into the cooker socket, which in turn is on its own circuit connected to a fuse box with a trip switch? The existing flex cable is 4mm flex with 10A fuse, which is connected to the existing oven which also has a 2.9kW load. Could I not just use that and connect it to the new cooker and put a 13A fuse in?

 

[stillp]

Where are you measuring 4mm on the existing flex?

 

[Rabmac1]

I used to be an apprentice spark years ago [not all knowledge is gone, just most] and can tell by the size of the cable that it is about 4mm. Pretty sure if I measured it I would be right.

 

[EFLImpudence]

From physics I recall that P=IV => I = P/V => I = 2900/230 => I = 12.61A

Where did you find 2900W?

From the linked instructions:

3350 / 230 = 14.57A. Hence the requirement for a 16A minimum.

 

[stillp]

You's struggle to get 2.5mm2 flex into a 13A plug, let alone 4mm2. Do you mean the cores are 4mm diameter?

 

[Rabmac1]

My mistake EFL, the load you linked is the correct one, I must have read the wrong pdf as I had been looking at a few.

@stillp - The core of the flex looks like 4mm.

Anyway it looks like I will need to bite to bullet and get an electrician to install which is unfortunate as do not have much money because it is Xmas.

Thanks to everyone for your replies.

 

[DaveHerns]

Get an oven that can be plugged into a 13amp socket, like your current oven.