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Joshua Deery
Hi all,
Thank you in advance for your help.
This is my current setup:
32a MCB to 45a CCU with 6mm^2 wiring (no additional socket at CCU)
6mm^2 wiring to two separate sockets behind kitchen units (one for gas hob ignition one for 13a plug in oven, nothing else on circuit)
My new oven is 3640W so 15.82a meaning a plug would be unacceptable.
My plan is to replace one socket with cooker outlet plate and run 2.5mm2 heat resistant flex between it and the oven. I'm conscious this is rated for 25a, so if the oven faulted could this in effect become the fuse if the fault didn't trip the MCB? Do I need to use 4mm^2 to connect the oven to the cooker outlet plate to avoid this being an issue. I don't want to swap MCB to a lower amp rating!
Having looked at part P post 2013 I am not creating a new cuircuit so this isn't notifiable as the kitchen isn't a special area anymore (sorry if I am getting the specific language wrong). This shouldn't be harder that replacing other sockets around the house, which I have done to add USB chargers in living room and bedrooms.
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your help.
This is my current setup:
32a MCB to 45a CCU with 6mm^2 wiring (no additional socket at CCU)
6mm^2 wiring to two separate sockets behind kitchen units (one for gas hob ignition one for 13a plug in oven, nothing else on circuit)
My new oven is 3640W so 15.82a meaning a plug would be unacceptable.
My plan is to replace one socket with cooker outlet plate and run 2.5mm2 heat resistant flex between it and the oven. I'm conscious this is rated for 25a, so if the oven faulted could this in effect become the fuse if the fault didn't trip the MCB? Do I need to use 4mm^2 to connect the oven to the cooker outlet plate to avoid this being an issue. I don't want to swap MCB to a lower amp rating!
Having looked at part P post 2013 I am not creating a new cuircuit so this isn't notifiable as the kitchen isn't a special area anymore (sorry if I am getting the specific language wrong). This shouldn't be harder that replacing other sockets around the house, which I have done to add USB chargers in living room and bedrooms.
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.