Electrical advice needed

sunil237

I'm going to be doing a full house renovation and just buying my bits and bobs.

I got a 16amp oven, 16amp microwave, and 32amp Hob.

I will do the hob on a ring with just it and 1 double socket.

I was planning to put the microwave and oven in the "Kitchen" ring, but realised that they are 16amp.
Would I be ok to put the pair on a single ring?
Or, put one on the kitchen ring, and the other by itself?
Or, a ring for each appliance by itself?..

What would be the most practical?

Also, I was looking at using switched fused spurs for the appliances but notice that most are 13 or 45 amp.. can i replace the fuses for 16 and 32 amp? to suit my need?

Hong_Kong_Phooey.

Why not just ask your electrician?

They'll be the ones designing, installing and testing the work.

greatgimpo

Surely if you're asking questions like that, you're out of your depth.

dj1471

Call an electrician, you don't understand the fundamentals of what you're doing.

sunil237

Yes an electrician will be doing the work.

I will be buying the supplies. Hence why I need to know.

I_have_spoken

OP, a bit more study needed before you can join the Competent Person Scheme to do Part P work!

Owain_Moneysaver

You cannot put any of those on a ring circuit. The only things that can go on a standard socket circuit are 13 amp sockets and 13 amp fused connection units.

You must check the manufacturer's instructions. It is possible the oven, and very likely the microwave, will require to be protected by a 16A MCB in the consumer unit. They will thus both have to have individual radial circuits back to the consumer unit.

The hob will require a dedicated 32A circuit back to the consumer unit.

Subject to the manufacturer's instructions it may be possible for the oven and the hob to share the 32A circuit.

And there is no such thing as a 45 amp switched fused spur! If you think you've found one please post a link!

Strider590

sunil237 wrote: »

I'm going to be doing a full house renovation and just buying my bits and bobs.

I got a 16amp oven, 16amp microwave, and 32amp Hob.

I will do the hob on a ring with just it and 1 double socket.

I was planning to put the microwave and oven in the "Kitchen" ring, but realised that they are 16amp.
Would I be ok to put the pair on a single ring?
Or, put one on the kitchen ring, and the other by itself?
Or, a ring for each appliance by itself?..

What would be the most practical?

Also, I was looking at using switched fused spurs for the appliances but notice that most are 13 or 45 amp.. can i replace the fuses for 16 and 32 amp? to suit my need?

No you don't, a 3800-4000w microwave? Really?

Pdbaggett

Yeah just put the hob and oven on the same 32amp circuit and get a lower power microwave 16amp seems excessive to say the least.

PS: some quite harsh comments here, how else do people learn if not by asking questions.

Hong_Kong_Phooey.

Pdbaggett wrote: »

Yeah just put the hob and oven on the same 32amp circuit and get a lower power microwave 16amp seems excessive to say the least.

PS: some quite harsh comments here, how else do people learn if not by asking questions.

How do you power a 16 amp microwave?

Apodemus

Strider590 wrote: »

No you don't, a 3800-4000w microwave? Really?

I'm guessing that the OP really means some form of combination microwave and grill/convection oven. Probably about 3.3kW and with manufacturer's recommendation to be wired and protected at 16A.

I'm not qualified to suggest how that should be done, but would ask my electrician whether it needs a dedicated radial for that appliance alone, with suitably spec'd wiring and a 16A mcb?