Oven power supply advice needed

ronny_todgers

If you have been able to run the oven and the kettle at the same time for the past 10 years then you are good I have installed 3 ovens in the past 5 years and none have even had a plug on - you will probably have to sort that yourself but sure you can manage it! I'm pretty sure the latest building regs insist on a fused switch at counter height but that isn't going to stop it working...

ronny_todgers

oh and just to be clear assuming it does just have a wire - you must NOT just hardwire it in - you have to have a fuse between it and the ring - thats probably why someone has bunged a plug in there in the past

dreamypuma

ronny_todgers wrote: »

I'm pretty sure the latest building regs insist on a fused switch at counter height but that isn't going to stop it working...

Thanks for the info. The kitchen already has a switched fused spur above the work top which isolates the power to both the existing gas hob ignition and oven. The single 13a socket is beneath, unit behind the oven, so its all looking good.

The last oven, I had installed was an Indesit which already came with a flex and three pin plug, I thought this was standard for all ovens capable of being powered this way. I wasn't aware that hard-wiring was optional when 13A.