New oven needs to be hardwired in?

BookWorm

rustyboy21 wrote: »

Does the socket look a bit like this?


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0079K54UU/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_3?pf_rd_p=479289247&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B003T78KS0&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0PNNVDPCKBQBG5AVAEH0
If it does, it may be that the previous owner couldn't be bothered to get a registered sparky to come and install it and decided to risk getting killed and fitted a 13 amp plug and cable to the connections and plugged it in.


If the socket is like the one above and it has actually been fitted onto a 45 amp rated cable to the consumer unit, then it is quite an easy install for a good sparky. Will cost anywhere in the region of £50-£100 up here, maybe double that down south. You may even get free fitting if it is that is the case, from some independent retailers in the high st. They may even offer to take the old one away for you. Something the internet retailers wont offer.

Yes the plug does look similar - only difference is it's vertical rather than horizontal.


Thanks for your help

I_have_spoken

Yes the plug does look similar - only difference is it's vertical rather than horizontal.

Do have you have Cooker Outlet Plate on the wall below the switch?



Just need to kill the power at consumer unit, take off cover and wire the cable on new cooker to junction block. As it would be a "like-for-like" replacement, doesn't need Part-P certified sparks or notification.

BookWorm

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Do have you have Cooker Outlet Plate on the wall below the switch?

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No. There is just a socket similar to that of above

force_ten

any free standing electric cooker should be hard wired and not fitted with a 13 amp plug, i am very surprised it doesn't blow the fuse every time you switch the cooker on

the outlet that your cooker is plugged into says oven because it is meant for an under counter oven to be plugged in not a free standing cooker

you need to establish if you have a dedicated cooker circuit fitted in your kitchen, if you dont then you will need a dedicated circuit from the consumer board to the cooker point and that could be an expensive job depending on how close the cooker is to the consumer unit