3.6kw oven on a 13amp plug top.

[DPG]

Apologies impeeded - I posted at the same time I think

 

[DPG]

I guess we aren't going to find out what the issue is then. Daz

 

[Pete999]

Yes come clean mate what happens when to a plug top when you plug it into a 13a socket with a 2KW load? I'm dying to find out

 

[7029 dave]

Good quality plug top= no problem.

 

[7029 dave]

I have my IH, on mk plug top for back up just in case CH packs up, no problem.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

I'd quite like to know what happens to a 13a Socket on a 2kW load as well?

We're queuing up for this answer :smile5:

 

[Guest77]

Apparently, an 8 amp load on a double socket isn't good news chuckle, and it can melt a plug top long term

 

[trev]

Good grief it's obvious, if you put a 2k appliance on a plug top then your daughter will become a heroin fuelled prostitute and your son will become a rent boy because their home will have vapourised because of your negligence.

 

[Guest77]

They melt them eventually

Do they? where did you hear that? the barbers shop in the high street.

 

[Engineer54]

You're all talking about plug top fuses being sized to the appliance, when in fact they are to be sized to the cord connected to the appliance as that's what they are intended to protect, NOT the appliance!!

 

[trev]

So why in some MIs does it say "this appliance must be protected with a X amp fuse"?
The flex powering the appliance is sized according to the current it draws so surely the plug top fuse is doing the job of both?
I have to admit that it's not something I ever thought about before

 

[Engineer54]

So why in some MIs does it say "this appliance must be protected with a X amp fuse"?
The flex powering the appliance is sized according to the current it draws so surely the plug top fuse is doing the job of both?
I have to admit that it's not something I ever thought about before

Sod MI's, if an appliance needs fuse protecting then it should be provided by the manufacturer not an installation electrician. There are very few appliances that require a cord larger than 1.5mm, and a 13 A fuse is more than capable of protecting a 1.5mm cable. The plug top/FCU fuse is not, and never has been for the protection of appliances, any protection afforded being purely coincidental....

 

[davesparks]

And back to the point of the thread!

Does this oven include a grill element? They almost always do and they can't be turned on at the same time as the oven element.
A pretty typical setup would be 1.2KW of grill (2 elements usually) and 2.4KW of oven elements.

Now how will a max load of 2.4KW do on a plug?

 

[Guest77]

And back to the point of the thread!

Does this oven include a grill element? They almost always do and they can't be turned on at the same time as the oven element.
A pretty typical setup would be 1.2KW of grill (2 elements usually) and 2.4KW of oven elements.

Now how will a max load of 2.4KW do on a plug?

Ask the prat who posted in post 10, he knows, I am still waiting for an explanation, perhaps you can get somewhere with it lol