fitting an electric cooker?

nigey1

can anyone help?
( I thought Id posted this already - but it seems I'm no good at computers AND electrics -lol!!!!)
I'm fitting an electric Tricity Bendix, double oven cooker.

new house.

cant find any cooker control or a connection unit anywhere. However, have found a double socket that Ive traced back to the fuse box where I found it on a 30amp trip. Its not on 6mm flex but something, very slightly smaller(and white)

my cooker wattage is 10.9 - 11.8Kw

Currently trailing from the back of my cooker is a an normal electrical cable and a 3 point plug is on the end of this carrying a 13amp fuse.

can I use this setup?
do I need a connection unit? do i need a cooker control? or can I leave it as it is?

deanos

You cant put a double oven into a normal socket, we had to get our socket changed when we changed from single to double, cant remember exactly what was done but wasnt expensive.

keith969

nigey1 wrote: »

can anyone help?
( I thought Id posted this already - but it seems I'm no good at computers AND electrics -lol!!!!)
I'm fitting an electric Tricity Bendix, double oven cooker.

new house.

cant find any cooker control or a connection unit anywhere. However, have found a double socket that Ive traced back to the fuse box where I found it on a 30amp trip. Its not on 6mm flex but something, very slightly smaller(and white)

my cooker wattage is 10.9 - 11.8Kw

Currently trailing from the back of my cooker is a an normal electrical cable and a 3 point plug is on the end of this carrying a 13amp fuse.

can I use this setup?
do I need a connection unit? do i need a cooker control? or can I leave it as it is?

No - max for a normal socket off a ring main is 3kW. You need a dedicated cooker circuit from the consumer unit for the new oven.

nigey1

keith969 wrote: »

No - max for a normal socket off a ring main is 3kW. You need a dedicated cooker circuit from the consumer unit for the new oven.

I'll go ahead and run a sep' 6mm flex from my fuse box into a red switch box(cooker on/off switch) and from here into the connection unit then.

only other q' is - can I leave the normal cable running from the back of the cooker in or shall I change it too 6mm flex too?

many thanks:T

macman

Are you aware that this is notifiable work? Are you qualified?
The fact that you describe circuit cable as 'flex' leads me to think that you are not.
The cable size will also depend on the length and where it is run, eg, surface, conduit etc.