Air Fryer power consumption

Ant555

We are picking up an air fryer tomorrow and I have a question about the power once its in my kitchen.

If its rated at 2470W then is it likely that I have to be careful what else I have on in the kitchen at the same time? 
Kitchen sockets are on their own circuit - looks to be labelled as a B32 breaker in my fuse box.  Electric oven is separate breaker so should not interfere (I think its a 40)

Im thinking its likely that the microwave may play a part in meal prep over the winter, someone might switch on the kettle and I guess its not impossible that the washing machine may be on.

Im guessing that I need to add up the max Amp rating of all appliances and make sure its less than 32?

sk2402005

your air fryer is just under 11A which is quiet a bit for an air fryer, i guess its a double one or somthing?, but on your 32A breaker you still have 21A remaining.

fast boil kettle is 13A (is that what you have?), so that still leaves you 8A, but yes if your washing machine was to heat, you would be getting close to tripping your breaker.

I do exactly as you are suggesting but my air fryer is only 1700W, but to be honest i had never given it a second thought....

Andy_L

Have you got a socket built into the isolation switch on the cooker spur? so you can use the 40A cooker spur for the fryer

Ectophile

One little secret to know about house electrics is that the circuit breakers can take a long time to trip at a modest overload.

A 32A breaker may never trip at 37A (1.18 x 32A).  Even over that, it may take a few minutes.

They only trip very quickly on massive overloads - hundreds or thousands of amps - caused by a short circuit.

fenwick458

If the appliance comes with a plug (and a fuse) you really don't need to worry about the circuit protection in the consumer unit before it's even tripped. if it's tripped every other day for a week then yeah, look into it and make some changes. but in your case don't panic 
2470W sounds higher than I would have expected for an air fryer, but I know nothing about them...
In a domestic environment, the peak power rating of a cooking appliance is not realistic. in the regs there's a calculation called diversity which can be applied to domestic cooking, basically derating it to a third as it is "probably" not used for long periods and "probably" thermostatically controlled so that as soon as the appliance heats up it'll actually use a fraction of the total power to keep warm.

casper_gutman

An air fryer is not an unusually powerful appliance to use in a kitchen. If you use it on an appropriately set up domestic electrical system then you shouldn't need to think about it.

I'd just use the air fryer if I were you. If there's a problem then deal with it when it arises, but I bet there won't be!

onomatopoeia99

Ectophile said:

One little secret to know about house electrics is that the circuit breakers can take a long time to trip at a modest overload.

A 32A breaker may never trip at 37A (1.18 x 32A).  Even over that, it may take a few minutes.

They only trip very quickly on massive overloads - hundreds or thousands of amps - caused by a short circuit.

Same is true of a 13A fuse in a plug, which won't ever blow at a sustained 20A. It'll blow in under 30 minutes at 25A, though the plug its in will be complaining well before that.

poppellerant

Something else to remember is that the washing machine's maximum power rating (typically 2500W) will only ever be maxed out while heating the water, which is a small portion of the cycle really.  The rest of the time the machine might use around 800W to do intermediate and final spins, while using probably about 200W to agitate the laundry.

I should add that the above numbers take into account the peak energy needed to start tumbling the clothes.  It takes a lot of energy to start a drum turning while it's full of laundry.