On Wednesday, 12 February 2014 14:08:26 UTC, Martin Bonner wrote:
On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 1:54:49 PM UTC, whisky-dave wrote:

A friend hadd to replace their cooker so brought one but the installer

said the cable was too short so he couldn't install it so left.

(PC world/currys or some shop)



Seems there are two options



1/ extend the cooker cable (that's too short) using a suitable

junction box and cable

Yes.



2/ just extend the existing lead by crimping, soldering, or terminal

block with a suitable bit of cable (32 amp).



3/ Remove the existing (presumably long enough) cable from the previous

cooker and fit that to the new cooker.

I'm not sure that will be possible, it looks like the original cooker was installed cooker first then the switch wired up then tiles installed.

I would try using the old cooker wire as a draw cable but I have the impression that it's been p[lastered into the wall.




4/ Get a new, long enough, bit of cable from an electrical suppliers,

and fit that to the new cooker.

Then how do I get it to the switch if the original cable can't be removed, which is what I think the problem is.


If you go with either of these options, be sure to dispose safely of
the cable you remove from the new cooker.

I tend to hoard such things in the loft until I lose them :-)

(A toddler was killed in
Scotland a couple of years ago when he plugged the cable into a power
socket and took hold of the live and neutral wires coming out of the
cable.)

That sort of thing is worth remembering, I do this sort of thing at work with faulty equipemnt I always remove the plug and cut the cable off the device to stop someone trying to put a new plug on it.

Cheers for the reply,