Fuse box

leeroypenmut

I have 3 fuse boxes in my house, 2 are old ones, one with fuses for the lights, sockets, Emersion heater, and cooker & the other one i am not sure (all blue 15 amp fuses but if i turn off anything still works!) & 1 new fuse box for the shower
Box 1 - fuse for lights (Yellow), cooker (Red), Heater and Sockets (Blue)
Box 2 - All Blue ? ? ?
Box 3 - Shower

I need to connect a Electric Hob, the oven is connected to the cooker fuse, so i need to get a fuse for the hob
1. Can i use 1 or all the feeds from Box 2?
2. Can i replace all boxes with one?
3. Can i join it to the oven wire?

I am not doing the work myself but i do not want to be taken for a ride so some info would be great and the cost of the jobs

Thanks

ormus

assuming you have a cooker socket box above the cooker, then the hob wire can usually be connected there.
the red fuse is rated at 30amps.
modern ovens normally only require a 13 amp plug.
electric hobs usually require hard wiring with 30amp, or nowadays 45 amp cable.
the new cooker switches are now rated at 45amp.

matbe

leeroypenmut wrote: »

I have 3 fuse boxes in my house, 2 are old ones, one with fuses for the lights, sockets, Emersion heater, and cooker & the other one i am not sure (all blue 15 amp fuses but if i turn off anything still works!) & 1 new fuse box for the shower
Box 1 - fuse for lights (Yellow), cooker (Red), Heater and Sockets (Blue)
Box 2 - All Blue ? ? ?
Box 3 - Shower

I need to connect a Electric Hob, the oven is connected to the cooker fuse, so i need to get a fuse for the hob
1. Can i use 1 or all the feeds from Box 2?
2. Can i replace all boxes with one?
3. Can i join it to the oven wire?

I am not doing the work myself but i do not want to be taken for a ride so some info would be great and the cost of the jobs

Thanks

Do you have storage heaters?

if you do this is most likely to be box number 2

if you have had them removed are you still on economy 7 ?
if so you are paying over the odds for your peak rate electric

as posted above if you already have a dedicated cooker circuit 30 or 32 amp then the new electric hob can be connected to the existing cooker control unit you should not need a new circuit.

You could replace the existing consumer units with one new box it depends on earth bonding to gas and water supplies and as mentioned if you are still on economy 7

depends where you live but round here probably about £300.00

hope this helps

leeroypenmut

ormus wrote: »

assuming you have a cooker socket box above the cooker, then the hob wire can usually be connected there.
the red fuse is rated at 30amps.
modern ovens normally only require a 13 amp plug.
electric hobs usually require hard wiring with 30amp, or nowadays 45 amp cable.
the new cooker switches are now rated at 45amp.

Thats what i thought but on the manual for the oven (Twin Fan Assisted Oven) it needed 35 amp (maybe 30 amp not sure).

"as posted above if you already have a dedicated cooker circuit 30 or 32 amp then the new electric hob can be connected to the existing cooker control unit you should not need a new circuit."

Can he connect two wire in there, 1 for oven & 1 for hob?

Thanks for your help

Chap coming tonight to have a look and quote