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Ovens on cooker ccts

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In domestic kitchens, what do you think of the practice of connecting ovens to 32/40A cb cooker ccts via dual cooker connection outlet plates? For example, along with a 6kw hob, a 2.5kw oven is connected via a 1.5mm2 3 core h/r flex? One view is that it's acceptable because the flex can't be overloaded and the cb provides s/c protection for the flex, nor would it be coded on an eicr.


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    I picked an oven randomly on the Currys website.

     
    This product requires hardwiring to a 13 Amp fuse and should be installed by a qualified installer, such as one of our Team Knowhow experts.



    That sounds fine, but experience shows that they expect the FCU to already be in place for them to connect to.


    As Graham says the existing circuits that people have in UK homes are not actually designed for modern cooking appliances, so when a customer buys high end modern appliance made by an European manufacturer they may have to have to pay an electrician to update the circuit that was installed for a freestanding cooker that was designed to be connected to a 30-amp circuit.


    Unfortunately the modern appliances are often just connected into a socket circuit in a haphazard way.


    Andy Betteridge
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    I picked an oven randomly on the Currys website.

     
    This product requires hardwiring to a 13 Amp fuse and should be installed by a qualified installer, such as one of our Team Knowhow experts.



    That sounds fine, but experience shows that they expect the FCU to already be in place for them to connect to.


    As Graham says the existing circuits that people have in UK homes are not actually designed for modern cooking appliances, so when a customer buys high end modern appliance made by an European manufacturer they may have to have to pay an electrician to update the circuit that was installed for a freestanding cooker that was designed to be connected to a 30-amp circuit.


    Unfortunately the modern appliances are often just connected into a socket circuit in a haphazard way.


    Andy Betteridge
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