Is 4mm heat resistant cable okay for 7.5kw range cooker?

nicebutdim · Apr 17, 2024

davesparks said:
Nothing wrong with T&E for the final connection to a cooker, This is fully compliant with BS7671

I'm yet to see T&E showing signs of deterioration behind an oven, but it's not the ideal cable for pushing back behind an appliance. Flex is inclined to drop easily behind a kitchen unit and naturally forms itself into position.

littlespark · Apr 18, 2024

davesparks said:
Nothing wrong with T&E for the final connection to a cooker, This is fully compliant with BS7671

I’m pretty sure it says to use heat resistant in the majority of instruction manuals?

mainline · Apr 18, 2024

davesparks said:
Nothing wrong with T&E for the final connection to a cooker, This is fully compliant with BS7671

Where manufactures say to use heat-resistant flex, then using T&E wouldn't strictly be compliant with BS7671.

7029 dave · Apr 18, 2024

4mm is absolutely fine, some like to use H07 some t&e. MF instructions have the last word.

brianmoooore · Apr 19, 2024

nicebutdim said:
I'm yet to see T&E showing signs of deterioration behind an oven, but it's not the ideal cable for pushing back behind an appliance. Flex is inclined to drop easily behind a kitchen unit and naturally forms itself into position.

Loop of string around the cable, down the back to the space underneath and out the vent that should have been cut in the top of the kickboard. Gently pull on the string as you push the oven back into place.

chris140 · Apr 19, 2024

7029 dave said:
4mm is absolutely fine, some like to use H07 some t&e. MF instructions have the last word.

Thanks very much for replying, been really worried about using cooker as I will be doing baking using both ovens and then may have to put something under the grill for my sons dinner at the same time, so cooker could often be running at full power, that's what I bought that model for.

James · Apr 19, 2024

cooker should not pull more than 32A
cable if it is H07RN-F as below is good for 35A
however as said before, it will not draw 32A in use for long, even if you have everything turned on.
Nothing to worry about.