Oven & hob on 13amp fused spur

Former Community Member over 4 years ago

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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0 mapj1 over 4 years ago

well it may be a cut and shut from the instructions from another model they make or they are worried about heating of the terminals. ..

normally from a current rating point of view Id have thought for a 2kW2 oven 1.5mm would normally just about do, and 2.5mm be the 'conservative' option. 4mm is overdoing it - indeed on the last one I did, I reckon 4mm would not even fit.

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0 mapj1 over 4 years ago

well it may be a cut and shut from the instructions from another model they make or they are worried about heating of the terminals. ..

normally from a current rating point of view Id have thought for a 2kW2 oven 1.5mm would normally just about do, and 2.5mm be the 'conservative' option. 4mm is overdoing it - indeed on the last one I did, I reckon 4mm would not even fit.

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