"nome" wrote in message
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hello

our old cooker has packed up and were looking to replace with like for
like, A single electric fan oven that slides into a unit. The old
cooker was just plugged into a socket and looking around most products
seem to be hardwired in and require an electrician. Confusingly I
can't find anything that explains why some are socket based and most
are hardwired.

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Have a look in B&Q - they always seem to have a load of single electric fan
ovens on offer.
The one we got a year or so ago could be connected to a standard 13 amp
socket.

On the (volts * amps = watts) front a 13 amp socket should support at least
3 Kw and as Andrew has said most don't consume more than 2.5Kw.

I was expecting the electric cooker to require a dedicated circuit (we
already had one in place) but all it required was a 13 amp socket.

I think that kickass double ovens may well require more go juice but you
should be able to find a single oven to meet your requirements.
Decline the services of the electrician :-)