Replacing an electric oven

SalsaDanca

Hi,

The electric oven in my flat has stopped working. I think it's the original one from when the flat was built in 1989, so I'm going to replace it. Some of the new ovens I'm looking at are 13 amp, and others are 16 amp. How can I tell whether I can install a 16 amp oven on the existing circuit?

The oven is wired in to a combined oven switch and socket, which has its own circuit breaker on the consumer unit. There is nothing on the consumer unit to indicate the maximum current of the circuit. The old oven doesn't have any useful info on it, or even a model number that I could look up.

Thanks.

jbainbridge

Given that it has it's own circuit I would think you would be fine with a 16A one.

You would be wise to (turn off the circuit and) pull the current one out -
- check it's not plugged into a normal socket
- read the rating plate to see what current it draws

TheCyclingProgrammer

Does the circuit breaker on the consumer unit for the oven not have a rating written on it?

SalsaDanca

I've just gone up a ladder with a torch, and had a better look at the consumer unit. Now I can see that as well as the "Type 4 M3" that is printed on all the circuit breakers, the current rating for each circuit breaker is moulded into the end of its switch. The circuit breaker for the cooker circuit is 32A.

Thanks for the replies.