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whjohnson
Been asked to connect up a used rangemaster all-electric cooker. No rating plate but model name is 'classic 90'. It has an induction hob.

Existing cable is 6.00mm on a 32A mcb.

Phoned the manufacturer who said it would be fine, since diversity could be applied but we would have to fit a cooker switch without a built in 13a socket and uprate the mcb to 40A.

I am a little troubled to say the least.

Comments welcome.
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    I get it, but I am a compulsive worrier! The cagey remarks from the manufacturer about not using a cooker switch with an integral socket outlet (which the present one has) had me doubting. I began to wonder if the old method still applied in the same way to ceramic and inductive heating methods as it did to purely resistive ones and that I was missing something. A rating is a rating, but the nature of the loads are different?

    I'll most likely stick a 40A mcb in to cover it and see how it behaves.
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    I get it, but I am a compulsive worrier! The cagey remarks from the manufacturer about not using a cooker switch with an integral socket outlet (which the present one has) had me doubting. I began to wonder if the old method still applied in the same way to ceramic and inductive heating methods as it did to purely resistive ones and that I was missing something. A rating is a rating, but the nature of the loads are different?

    I'll most likely stick a 40A mcb in to cover it and see how it behaves.
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