Fitting 16A hardwired oven to 32A cooker circuit

[Phil W]

assumint]gthe cableis 6.0mm, then you leave it on a 32A MCB as posted previously. although it's a proteus, might not work anyway so a 16A would only make it fail at a lower

 

[Phil W]

assumingthe cableis 6.0mm, then you leave it on a 32A MCB as posted previously. although it's a proteus, might not work anyway so a 16A would only make it fail at a lower level.

 

[Phil W]

assumint]gthe cableis 6.0mm, then you leave it on a 32A MCB as posted previously. although it's a proteus, might not work anyway so a 16A would only make it fail at a lower level.

assumint]gthe cableis 6.0mm, then you leave it on a 32A MCB as posted previously. although it's a proteus, might not work anyway so a 16A would only make it fail at a lower level.

Thanks for the reply - I take it that means I should probably think about a new consumer unit

 

[Phil W]

Just connect to the existing cooker supply no need to downgrade fuse

Thanks for your reply, Mike - this is a great site, everyone's so helpful.
I just need the cooker to arrive tomorrow now!

 

[UNG]

Only in the great United Kingdom that we reside do 13A fused plugs exist… so the majority of these ovens are wired into 16A radial circuits. The UK being a minority market.

I think you will find there are a few other countries around the world that use the BS1363 sockets and plugs

 

[pc1966]

I think you will find there are a few other countries around the world that use the BS1363 sockets and plugs

The UK might be the origin for BS1363, but as you say also in ROI and several other countries:

AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[littlespark]

I think you will find there are a few other countries around the world that use the BS1363 sockets and plugs

yea... probably, but i was just trying to make the point that the instructions aren't very good

 

[Mohoboto]

Im going to piggyback this post as im in a slightly same position. I have a 45amp cooker switch with socket on a 6mm t&e to a 32amp breaker with rcd protection. The mrs wants to get the hisense oven and a built in microwave. The oven is 3kw and the microwave is 900watt, the oven says fuse rating 16amps, can i wire the oven to the 45amp cooker outlet and plug the 900wat built in microwave in the same socket on the original setup of 32amp breaker on 6mm t&e on the 45am cooker outlet with sockets
Thanks

 

[Other_Tucker]

Im going to piggyback this post as im in a slightly same position. I have a 45amp cooker switch with socket on a 6mm t&e to a 32amp breaker with rcd protection. The mrs wants to get the hisense oven and a built in microwave. The oven is 3kw and the microwave is 900watt, the oven says fuse rating 16amps, can i wire the oven to the 45amp cooker outlet and plug the 900wat built in microwave in the same socket on the original setup of 32amp breaker on 6mm t&e on the 45am cooker outlet with sockets
Thanks

By 'hisense oven and a built in microwave' do you mean the microwave is built into the oven? I doubt it's got 2 separate cables then. Put a 13A plug on it and if you're lucky there'll be an ignition outlet behind there also to plug it into.

If they're separate, your plan has the microwave on a 13A plug in the cooker isolator socket which is fine, and the oven wired straight to the cooker outlet plate which I would do at my house but change it to a fused spur with outlet if you're worried.

A 900w microwave doesn't mean it draws 900w from the supply, I thought it meant 900w 'microwaving power' to the food. Cooking times would be all over the place if all microwaves used 900w supply but all had different efficiencies, and grill functions etc. I'd guess 2kW-2.5kW for a 900w microwave.

 

[mainline]

By 'hisense oven and a built in microwave' do you mean the microwave is built into the oven? I doubt it's got 2 separate cables then. Put a 13A plug on it and if you're lucky there'll be an ignition outlet behind there also to plug it into.

If they're separate, your plan has the microwave on a 13A plug in the cooker isolator socket which is fine, and the oven wired straight to the cooker outlet plate which I would do at my house but change it to a fused spur with outlet if you're worried.

A 900w microwave doesn't mean it draws 900w from the supply, I thought it meant 900w 'microwaving power' to the food. Cooking times would be all over the place if all microwaves used 900w supply but all had different efficiencies, and grill functions etc. I'd guess 2kW-2.5kW for a 900w microwave.

If your microwave is rated at 1000 watts it uses 1 kilowatt (kW) per hour