Are we allowed to install out own electric oven?

marypalmer

Hopefully this is the right forum for my question. My oven (not the hob, just the oven) has given up the ghost and DH has ordered a new one. Does it have to be fitted by a qualified electrician or can he legally do it himself? If he does it, does he need an electrician to check it? (I'm wondering about insurance etc. I don't want to void anything by his DIY!)

Thanks

Quentin

marypalmer wrote: »

Hopefully this is the right forum for my question. My oven (not the hob, just the oven) has given up the ghost and DH has ordered a new one. Does it have to be fitted by a qualified electrician or can he klegally do it himself? Thanks

No legal reason why not.

bungle4by4

is he a competant person?

marypalmer

bungle4by4 wrote: »

is he a competant person?

Not sure! He hasn't done it before. He thinks he is!

Quentin

If it's going into an existing socket, with no new wiring involved it's straightforward.

marypalmer

Thank you.

DocProc

If the oven merely "plugs into a 13amp socket on an existing ring main" - then Yes.

At 3000 watts of power and 250 volts, this will require a current of 12 amps (3000/250=12)

As against an electric cooker, which can have four electric rings running at the same time as the oven is on, which might say, be using a total of 5000 watts of power. At 250 volts this will require a current of 20amps. (5000/250 = 20)

Obviously, a ring main doesn't want stuff plugging into it that is going to use say, more than about 10-12 amps because it will trip out or alternatively it will most likely blow the 13 amp fuse in the item's plug.

This is why electric cookers usually have a Cooker Control Unit on the wall nearby, which will also function at a higher than 13 amp current rating.

spiro

Quentin wrote: »

If it's going into an existing socket, with no new wiring involved it's straightforward.

If the cooker point is the type that has the cooker hardwired in (not on plug) then I beleive this comes under the Part P regulation which requires a qualified person to wire it in.

espresso

spiro wrote: »

If the cooker point is the type that has the cooker hardwired in (not on plug) then I beleive this comes under the Part P regulation which requires a qualified person to wire it in.

I suggest that you read the approved Part P document.

Replacement, repair and maintenace jobs are generally not notifiable, even if carried out in a kitchen or special location or associated wiith a special location.

A cooker does not have to be fitted by a qualified electrician.

Quentin

spiro wrote: »

If the cooker point is the type that has the cooker hardwired in (not on plug) then I beleive this comes under the Part P regulation which requires a qualified person to wire it in.

It doesn't really help to come and offer advice based only on your "belief". (You may believe in life after death etc too for all we know)

Much more helpful on forums is to post what you know to be true! (Your "belief" is misplaced, and you are not "required" to get a "qualified person" in over this)

espresso

DocProc wrote: »

If the oven merely "plugs into a 13amp socket on an existing ring main" - then Yes.

At 3000 watts of power and 250 volts, this will require a current of 12 amps (3000/250=12)

As against an electric cooker, which can have four electric rings running at the same time as the oven is on, which might say, be using a total of 5000 watts of power. At 250 volts this will require a current of 20amps. (5000/250 = 20)

Obviously, a ring main doesn't want stuff plugging into it that is going to use say, more than about 10-12 amps because it will trip out or alternatively it will most likely blow the 13 amp fuse in the item's plug.

This is why electric cookers usually have a Cooker Control Unit on the wall nearby, which will also function at a higher than 13 amp current rating.

Obviously, anyone with such little basic electrical knowledge as yourself, should not be posting advice on a forum!