Need an oven with a plug that doesn't need hardwiring?

andrewthomas2008

casper_g wrote: »

What oven have you bought, OP? Maybe the instructions are written assuming you will want to use a fused connection unit but it would actually run fine off a 13A plug and socket? Probably unlikely, but could be worth checking before you send it back!

I've bought this oven from John Lewis because they have the one off payment for 5 year cover, the original oven I bought was a Neff but it needed to be hardwired so I sent it back. I bought the hot point from the preselected list dj1471 posted earlier from ao.com, which includes ovens with 13amp power supplies.
http://ao.com/product/SH33WS-Hotpoint-Electric-Single-Oven-White-26571.aspx

andrewthomas2008

almeria1 wrote: »

We bought our last oven from John Lewis. Good selection and the van delivered and I just picked it up put in place and plugged it in. You will have no problem finding a suitable oven.

Thanks, I've ordered a Hot point from the John Lewis, its a bit cheap but has good reviews. http://ao.com/product/SH33WS-Hotpoint-Electric-Single-Oven-White-26571.aspx

almeria1

As a matter of fact our oven from John Lewis is a Hotpoint, although not that model, and has been most satisfactory. It came with plug fitted so in place in unit within minutes of delivery.

namecheck

almeria1 wrote: »

As a matter of fact our oven from John Lewis is a Hotpoint, although not that model, and has been most satisfactory. It came with plug fitted so in place in unit within minutes of delivery.

John Lewis seem to sell a few Indesit/Hotpoint ovens with fitted plugs. However, they do not actually state this on the appliance details on their website.

onomatopoeia99

prowla wrote: »

13A plugs are rated at 13A (and of course is really over-specced, as opposed to exactly 13A), so 10A is well within spec.

Hard-wired connections are also via terminals, which can equally corrode and break. Sockets have switches and lights, which are made to the same spec as the other components (I'd probably say that switches are probably the weakest link.)

Do you see many failed plugs? There are probably 50-100x more plugs in a house than hard-wired connections, so statistics would suggest that even at the same MTBF it would be 50-100x more likely that it was a plug which failed.

I've seen a couple, where fan heaters have been run for hours. Basically the (moulded, not re-wireable) plug started melting from the inside as it was unable to dissipate the heat generated. And similar with the socket. Did you know if one of those white sockets prevalent in many houses gets hot, it starts smelling of rotting fish? I didn't.