Advice On Fitting A Gas Range Cooker

Monney_2

I have got my eye on a rangemaster classic 90 gas range cooker, however, the 2nd oven is electric.

We have had a gas pipe installed ready for the cooker but are wondering how the electric oven is installed, will this just plug into a normal three pin socket?

Have tried to find a range cooker that is all gas and it seems inpossible.

Any advice will be appreciated.

m00

Nope you will need to have a seperate 'ring' (??) for the electric oven, as I found out trying to plug my range cooker into a normal socket....

Do you not have an exisiting electric oven eletrical point? I believe the electrician we had just extened this for us into the new location.

boogiemaster

If you lived in Halifax you could have a look at 40+ range cookers all gas and all electric, direct discounts have a massive range from £400 to £2500.
There are located next to the Halifax swimming pool and that’s where I am getting mine from in a few weeks time.
You will need a 30 amp supply to power you cooker as it draws some power, a normal 13 amp fuse would just blow every time you switched it on.
Get an electrician to fit you a 30 amp supply or just come to my home town and get yourself an all gas range cooker.

ps i was told you need a corgi reg fitter to install your cooker becosue of safety reasons.
By law you are not allowed to do it yourself so i would just make sure.

MissG_2

Hi Monney,

There was a little bit of a debate recently on this board about a guy who wanted to save a bit of money (dont we all) by fitting his own gas cooker. By his own admission he didnt know what he was doing and if you start messing around with gas and you dont now what you are doing you are leaving yourself open to all sorts of sceanrio's.

Gas in the wrong hands is lethal, for the price you would pay get a corgi man in.

When they complete the job make sure it is reported to corgi that they have done it, also before they do the job ask for their corgi registration number (if they wont give it to you, dont give them the work).

Sorry for ranting on in your simple information request.

PugLady_2

We recently installed a Rangemaster Toledo 90 range cooker which is pretty much the same as the classic, apart from the styling.
The main oven is gas like yours.The electric oven comes with a 13 amp plug fitted, and just goes into a normal socket. My brother has a Rangemaster Professional 90 cooker which is gas and electric, and that's the same.
Hope that helps
Sue

FirstClassMale

A 13 Amp plug is normal on dual fuel cookers, although the ovens can use quite a lot of power, it is the elecric rings on an all electric cooker that make it necessary to have a separate high amp supply. You will notice a thicker cable on all electric (6mm) and a thinner one (2.5mm) like within your ring main on those with a gas hob and only the ovens needing an electric supply.

As far as gas is concerned, the range cooker we bought did not even have the bayonet hose supplied. Partly this is to stop people trying to plumb them in themselves. If you have a gas supply nearby then by all means use a bayonet hose (these are the only parts of a gas supply we, as non qualified consumers, are allowed to touch) Something to watch out for is that a lot of range cookers now use whats called "micropoint connections" smaller in diameter to the older bayonet connection hoses.

Monney_2

Thanks Sue, that has pretty much eased my mind.

Myself and my other half are going to visit the local electrical shop, apparently they had just the model in their showroom so we can ask the question.

Thanks also to Miss G, but you have no need to worry. The gas supply was fitted by a Corgi Registered tradesman. We have a three you old son in the house, so trying to cut costs in this area is not an option. But thank you for your concern.

mutleysfriend

Sue wrote:

"We recently installed a Rangemaster Toledo 90 range cooker which is pretty much the same as the classic, apart from the styling.
The main oven is gas like yours.The electric oven comes with a 13 amp plug fitted, and just goes into a normal socket. My brother has a Rangemaster Professional 90 cooker which is gas and electric, and that's the same.
Hope that helps
Sue"

Not according to Rangemasters own installation guide for this model which states:

"Note
The cooker must be connected to the correct electrical
supply as stated on the voltage label on the cooker,
through a suitable cooker control unit incorporating a
double pole switch having a contact separation of at
least 3mm in all poles. This cooker must not be
connected to an ordinary domestic power point.
The cable size used should be between 6mm2 and
10mm2, twin and earth."

Monney_2

Mutleysfriend wrote:

Not according to Rangemasters own installation guide for this model which states:

"Note
The cooker must be connected to the correct electrical
supply as stated on the voltage label on the cooker,
through a suitable cooker control unit incorporating a
double pole switch having a contact separation of at
least 3mm in all poles. This cooker must not be
connected to an ordinary domestic power point.
The cable size used should be between 6mm2 and
10mm2, twin and earth."

The above may be true of the electric model but myself and Sue are actually talking about the Gas Model of the Toledo and 90 Classic Rangemaster. And in their installation guide it actually states that "Connection to the electrical supply can be made with either a plug and socket or be permanently wired via a double pole switch. The cooker is supplied with a 3 core cable 2m long.

It then goes on to say "Three pin plugs to BS1363 with a capacity of not less than 13A must be used and fitted with a 13 amp fuse 'ASTA' approved to BS 1362.

gardnt1

I was looking at this too and agree that the rangemaster 90 (all gas models) allow the second oven to be plugged into a normal supply. Since ordering mine from a place called trading post who seem to be 20% cheaper than elsewhere, i have discovered that the rangemaster 110 are all gas ovens on their gas model, so if you can squeeze this in by removing something all the better!