Hardwiring an oven??

Beenie

I'm looking at buying a new electric oven and many of the manufacturers say ' no cable supplied as requires hardwiring by an electrician '

My last oven (AEG) wasn't hardwired - as far as I know. It is over 10 years old though. Does anyone know if this is a new thing and what it involves? I don't want to pay an electrician just to plug in a new oven.

LandyAndy

Is the new one a double oven?

Was the old one?

ryder72

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Is the new one a double oven?

Was the old one?

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Not sure how that is a relevant question?

Most modern ovens draw 16 amp or more and this requires the oven to be hardwired into a 16, 20 or 30A supply. This might not have been the case with your old oven.

Its almost certainly not going to be a case of plugging it in and you dont necessarily need an electrician to hard wire the oven as long as you know what you are doing (using the right rated flex etc).

hcb42

I always thought they were hard wired.

LandyAndy

kmdesign wrote: »

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Is the new one a double oven?

Was the old one?

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Not sure how that is a relevant question?

Most modern ovens draw 16 amp or more and this requires the oven to be hardwired into a 16, 20 or 30A supply. This might not have been the case with your old oven.

Its almost certainly not going to be a case of plugging it in and you dont necessarily need an electrician to hard wire the oven as long as you know what you are doing (using the right rated flex etc).

Well it is about 6 years since I bought an oven:o but I seemed to remember that single ovens generally came with a normal 13 amp plug and were plugged into a normal socket while double ovens (presumably because they were capable of drawing more power) required a dedicated supply.

Gloomendoom

hcb42 wrote: »

I always thought they were hard wired.

And me. Apart from a Baby Belling, I don't think I've seen a domestic oven that wasn't.

ryder72

Having looked at some specifications, the lowest rated modern oven was about 12.4A so you could theoretically put it on a 13A fused plug.

Any sparkies here who could advise?

Beenie

It's a single built-in oven and there's a cooker socket with red light etc. fitted behind the cabinetry. I thought that it would be simple to replace an old oven with a new and hadn't heard of this 'hardwiring' before (I'm a woman !)

Gloomendoom

Beenie wrote: »

It's a single built-in oven and there's a cooker socket with red light etc. fitted behind the cabinetry. I thought that it would be simple to replace an old oven with a new and hadn't heard of this 'hardwiring' before (I'm a woman !)

The oven is hard wired into that box with the red light on it. Don't panic!

Hard wired just means that you can't just plug it in.

karl-123

that is corect above poster hard wiring means,
conected to a proper cooker outlet,

the rating in kw of the cooker !!!!!!!!!
the length of cable eg.6mm twin and earth,back to the board,
and the fuse rating at the consumer unit/fuse board,

denotes the cable/flex carrying capacity,( conection )
what does the manufacturer of the cooker specify ?