On 31/01/2020 14:58, Gareth Evans wrote:
I'm fairly sure that when this house was rewired that the cable
from the consumer unit to the cooker point was 6mm, but
recent discussion here has discussed 10mm and even 16mm.

Has the standard changed over the years?


Some cookers got chunkier - in particular induction and the concept of
the Range cooker. The latter in induction mode can pull frightening
amounts of power.