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help kitchen cooker wiring
Just bought a new electric single oven + Gas hob with 'mains spark',
and require some advice as to cable sizing etc. (This is to be a totaly new circuit as only had gas cooker previously) Practical side shouldn't be a problem as have wired additional sockets, extended ring mains etc before. Information from oven instructions. 2.15KW Connection Via 13amp Socket outlet/spur box min 13amp fuse + (2.5mm2 3core butyl insulated cable) or cooker control circuit 20amp fuse + (2.5mm2 pvc/pvc T&E) Must have dipole switch fitted. Hob comes supplied with cable and 13A plug. Mains cable run will be aproximatly 5m, mainly though ceiling, then chased into wall. Would the following be OK? Starting at the CU 1. 32A Mcb 2. 6mm2 T&E 3. 20A DP Switch (within 2m of unit) 4. 6mm2 T&E 5. 13A Double socket(unswitched - (labeled specifically to say cooker circuit?)) 6. butyl insulated cable + 13amp plug to oven unit This would also allow the hob to be plugged in. Any additional advice/comments welcome. |
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help kitchen cooker wiring
Why are you using a 32A mcb, these are really for a ring circuit, I would use a
20A mcb for this dedicated radial circuit, if you used the oven at full capacity you would draw under 10A so there would be enough capacity there. |
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help kitchen cooker wiring
(Lurch) wrote in message ...
Would the following be OK? Starting at the CU 1. 32A Mcb 2. 6mm2 T&E 3. 20A DP Switch (within 2m of unit) Make this switch 32A. 32A DP switches don't appear to be very common(?) compared to 20A & 45A. (I found one on www.qvselectricalwholesale.co.uk and it seems expensive. twice the cost of a 20A or 45A) Would it be possible to use a 45A switch ? if so would i need to change anything else (mcb/cable)? |
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