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Oven & hob on 13amp fused spur

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I’ve come across an electric oven and gas hob on a cooker circuit, the cooker switch feeds a 13a fused spur which powers both the Oven & hob, hard wired into a 32amp junction box.
the oven is rated at 13 amps but the hob 3 amps Is this acceptable as the hob is protected by a 13 amp fuse?

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    I don't think he means there's a '3 amp' fuse ~ rather that the hob is rated at '3 amps.'

    I took the OP to mean that both the over and hob were fed by a single common 13A fuse - hence the perceived issue was the lack of 3A fuse protection for the hob.


    I'm with Bod - I very much doubt that a gas hob will draw 3A (what would a gas hob do with 700 Watts of electricity?) It'll just be for the gas ignition which'll draw the thermal equivalent of half of next to nothing.


       - Andy.
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    I don't think he means there's a '3 amp' fuse ~ rather that the hob is rated at '3 amps.'

    I took the OP to mean that both the over and hob were fed by a single common 13A fuse - hence the perceived issue was the lack of 3A fuse protection for the hob.


    I'm with Bod - I very much doubt that a gas hob will draw 3A (what would a gas hob do with 700 Watts of electricity?) It'll just be for the gas ignition which'll draw the thermal equivalent of half of next to nothing.


       - Andy.
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