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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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    Nowhere near as bad as the cooker I found today, wired from the connector unit in 1.5mm T+E.

    A 9.8kW cooker.

    And, it had shorted out when cooking christmas dinner.

    It appears there was a loose connection on the outgoing neutral at the metal connector unit, this had melted the insulation, and caused a short to the earthed body. Causing a bang and flash. I can't be certain if it was a loose connection, or overheating of the undersized cable that melted the insulation.

    The Owner had no idea about cable size, and just said 'thats what was on it when it came'.
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    Nowhere near as bad as the cooker I found today, wired from the connector unit in 1.5mm T+E.

    A 9.8kW cooker.

    And, it had shorted out when cooking christmas dinner.

    It appears there was a loose connection on the outgoing neutral at the metal connector unit, this had melted the insulation, and caused a short to the earthed body. Causing a bang and flash. I can't be certain if it was a loose connection, or overheating of the undersized cable that melted the insulation.

    The Owner had no idea about cable size, and just said 'thats what was on it when it came'.
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