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Wiring an electric cooker?

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  • matbe
    matbe Posts: 568 Forumite
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    ormus wrote: »
    most ovens can work of just the normal ring main. 13amp.
    however a hob or freestanding cooker needs a dedicated 30/45 amp supply.
    do you have a proper cooker switch box or not?

    No

    17th edition says any load over 2.7?* KW should be wired on its own circuit ok if its existing but a new oven would need to be separate.

    * would have to check the ecact size but basically wiring single ovens onto ring mains is no longer acceptable.
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