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2780kw ovens

The cable from the CU to the rear wall behind the oven is 40amp. Due to Covid and my Cancer I cannot go and buy a length from the wall to the oven. If I had some of this, I would have used it to reconnect. That would have been the best solution. Therefore, I derated it at the CU. If a double...
- Retiredoldun
- Post #9
- Mar 30, 2020
- Forum: Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations
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2780kw ovens

Thanks all. Yes, I have written a very strongly worded email to Persimmon Customer Care with photos. This is, probably a Counterfeit plug wired by a kitchen fitter who did a one week course, not a long term apprenticeship. I have changed the MCB in the CU to 16amp, moved it around in descending...
- Retiredoldun
- Post #7
- Mar 30, 2020
- Forum: Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations
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2780kw ovens

My cooker was wired to a 13a socket in the space behind the oven in a Persimmon new build, wooden construction. Some idiot cut the insulation back and reduced the strands in order to connect it, The fuse heated up. The 15 amp cable arced away but the fuse is still intact. Surely this is not to...
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- Thread
- Mar 29, 2020
- behind electrical wiring fire fuse new ovens plug still unit wired
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- Forum: Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations

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