cooker

  1. I

    No continuity on cooker circuit.

    Not getting a continuity reading on the cooker circuit. I'm doing I.r. test and its low between l. N. Any ideas what the issue could be. The cooker sockets is working also.
  2. Z

    Swapping Cooker Control Unit for 13A Socket?

    I'm interested in powering my hi-fi system from a radial circuit in order to isolate it from other electrical devices and so improve sound quality. Unfortunately installing a new circuit is not feasible due to the age and construction of the property. What I'm thinking of doing is running 6mm...
  3. M

    Using pre installed cooker circuit for 13amp or 16amp oven.

    Hi all this is my first post. I am renewing my kitchen and at the moment I have a large cooker I'm changing it to a single oven. At the moment the cooker is on its own dedicated circuit with a 32mcb and 6mm cable going to a 45a cooker switch then going to a 45a cooker outlet plate which the...
  4. I

    4.5kw on 30a cooker

    Just installing this for a friend. 4.5kw ÷240. Minus 30% is that right.
  5. T

    Can i add a socket to my cooker control unit.

    Hi my father has just had a gas cooker installed. A free standing gas oven , gas grill and gas hob. The manufactures say that the ignition for the gas must be a 13amp plug. Is this correct? 13 amp for ignition seems to high . Can i down size the to 3amp and hardwire into 3amp fused spur. I have...
  6. N

    New cooker wiring

    Hi I'm looking to buy a new double oven and induction hob to replace my very old ones. The current units are both wired to an double pole cooker switch nearby and then on via 6mm cable, under the wooden floor to the consumer unit about 15 feet away and a 30 amp fuse. Having started looking at...
  7. S

    Main Ring / Cooker Ring Trip RCD

    Hey everyone help needed please. Moved into a new home, and have just had all the first fit installed for a new kitchen. During first fit, the electrician changed a socket on the kitchen ring and then moved onto another part. Within a few minutes the whole house tripped on the RCD. He retraced...
  8. T

    Cooker hood and bathroom fan connection via duel appliance outlet plate.

    I wish to install a bathroom extractot and cooker hood from an existing 32 amp 6mm cable . I intend to use a duel applliance outlet plate to split into two 6mm cables running to seperate 3amp FCU's from there 1mm cables to all parts that follow . See diagram . Is this in line withs regs. Thanks .
  9. N

    Cooker switch not working?

    I have a Cooker/crabtree switch but the cooker switch doesn't work? I currently have a gas cooker and it is currently on the "crabtree" switch but I'm looking into getting an electric cooker but I need to resolve this cooker switch problem first. I've replaced the switch with a new one but the...
  10. K

    New 16A Oven and 30A fuse Cooker Circuit

    I am preparing for new kitchen and have a new 16amp built in single oven to replace the existing freestanding double oven. The existing oven is hard wired -this enters wall in a blanked off fitting-which i assume runs up to the Cooker Socket which has an on off switch and a plug socket too...
  11. C

    led lights blowing out lights and cooker.

    Hello, I installed an led bedroom ceiling light and it worked ok for several weeks until i changed a bulb and now all the lights in the house don't work, and also the cooker doesn't turn on. None of the fuses have been tripped in the main fuse box. The other plug sockets in the house are working...
  12. B

    Spur supplied from cooker circuit

    Regs wise , does a oven have to be a dedicated circuit? Job tonight had a spur feeding garage ( 2 lights and socket ) which was fed in 6mm from cooker circuit. Obviously isn’t good practice but would it be a C3 due to not been dangerous? Landlord is cheapskate and won’t pay for new feed for garage.
  13. T

    32 amp cooker switch on ring main?

    Hi everyone, so ive got a new oven to install this one is rated at 16 amps, old one was 13 amps on a plug and socket to ring main. My question is can i install a 32amp double pole switch on the ring main then feed 4mm flex to the oven? Is there anything in the regs that prevents this? Thanks for...
  14. D

    Oven with 13a plug top

    Been asked to fit new oven , which comes with a 13a plugtop , there is no socket close to plug into , if i cut plug off and connect into cooker unit connection behind cooker , do i have to adjust the 30a cooker unit fuse.
  15. shez444

    Gas hob change to induction hob + new cooker hood - advice appreciated!

    Hello, two parts here....please forgive any incorrect terminology used! I am looking to replace my gas hob with an induction hob (this one: electriQ 52cm Canopy Cooker Hood Kitchen Extractor Fan in Silver - 5 Year Warranty eiQ52CANOPY | Appliances Direct - https://tinyurl.com/1jipb3dj) which...
  16. B

    UK Cooker dedicated RCD tripping under zero load

    Hi, I am new to the forum, and a DIYer. For a couple of weeks our cooker circuit has been tripping the RCD in the Breaker dedicated to this circuit at the CU. The cooker is a Falcon 90cm induction hob unit, it is installed with a fused dipole isolation switch. The tripping has always happened...
  17. A

    Cooker Cable Size / Wiring

    Hi All Just looking for a 2nd opinion on cable sizing / breaker for a old cooker. The customer has had a 'Cooker Engineer' out to advise that the cooker needs to be wired in 16mm cable to a cooker switch which is currently unused. The current setup is a 2.5mm HR flex on a plug top with a 13...
  18. P

    i keep blowing cooker elements, is my wiring safe?

    I need some help with the wiring to my electric oven as I keep blowing the element in the main oven.
  19. HappyHippyDad

    No power to whole house after water fell on to cooker???

    A friend has just called as his daughter in Belfast (many, many, many miles from me!) has just lost all power after water fell into the cooker/hob. I straight away thought it has to be a main RCD somewhere, but I cannot see one in the pictures they have sent and they don't 'think' there is one...
  20. C

    Spur of a Cooker unit for under cabinet lighta

    Afternoon guys quick question It’s been a year after the kitchen has been competed and now I’m looking at doing led strip lights under the cabinets on the plynths. on one side of the kitchen I only have available 2 cooker isolating switches that I wired in for the induction hob and the...

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