oven

Recent contents Top users
  1. B

    Oven tripping both RCDs

    Hi all, Just after a bit of knowledge to satisfy my own curiosity - hope this is allowed within forum rules 🙂 I’ve just had a new kitchen installed and the electrician came today to connect two single ovens. They are each connected to their own MCB on different sides of the CU. One of the...
  2. captaincaveman

    How to get a 41A oven working on a 13A plug...?

    I Knew it was going to be one of those days when my first customer couldn't understand why his 9.5kw standalone oven/hob kept cutting out because it was on the old gas ignition 1mm flex & plug. I showed him the how the cable was red hot and the plug half melted but, as usual in these cases...
  3. S

    Premature oven lamp failure

    Hi all, Recently had to replace one of the 25w pygmy lamps in my oven, first lamp lasted around 2 weeks before it blew, I just thought its probably a dud lamp so got a new one and put it in, however it failed after only around 3 weeks. So I've had two 25w pygmy lamps fail in 5 weeks, seems...
  4. M

    Testing Feed and Load - 45A oven switch

    Hi. I got a new oven the other day and it was working fine. Last night, I swapped out the 45A wall switch for a brushed brass type one. The neon light lit up, the clock on the oven came on, job done. However, today I went to grill cheese on toast and the grill only got moderately warm. Its also...
  5. C

    Heavy duty DIY next door possible cause of oven tripping circuit?

    Hello, new here! Would greatly appreciate some input. I'll first say I intend to get an Indesit technician to take a proper look tomorrow, but I'm curious. A couple of hours ago I tried to switch the main oven on as usual - the oven is only 2-3 yrs old - and a spark came from behind the...
  6. P

    Error on Indesit Oven

    My indesit ifw6340 oven packed up recently. Was working fine, turned it on and it never heated up. Tried it again the next day and and it gave me an error code F53. Turned off from mains, no error code, but still not getting to temp. Grill and fan both work fine. I cannot find F53 error...
  7. P

    Fitting 16A hardwired oven to 32A cooker circuit

    Hi all, I'm new on here.... I have an existing 32A cooker circuit with a wall switch with 13A plug hole.The manufacturer says the new oven is hardwired and is 16A. Can I just replace the breaker in the consumer unit with a 16A one and use the existing wiring? Current breaker is a Proteus...
  8. Pretty Mouth

    Pizza oven lighting????

    A long shot, but I thought I'd ask anyway... A customer has a brick built, wood fired pizza oven, outdoors in their garden. And they want lighting in it, so they can see when the pizzas are done. Tricky. Has anyone got any ideas of how this might be achieved? I presume there isn't a...
  9. timhoward

    Oven element curiosity

    A strange small job this afternoon. Stoves oven : another sparks had proclaimed the element was faulty and causing the RCD to trip. Householder had already purchased a new element. The original sparks has since been unwell. Slight suspicion crept in that I'd find wires dropped down the back, or...
  10. P

    wiring on a fan assisted oven heating element

    I have an old Baumatic oven that hyas been tripping out my new fuseboard . I removed my old element ..photographed the wire connections..or so I thought , only to find out that the only wire connection I can see is the earther ( yellow green) in the middle . the other wires are brown...
  11. I

    1 or 2 junction boxes for induction stove top and wall oven?

    We are renovating our kitchen, and part of the renovation involves replacing our gas oven with an induction stovetop built into the counter and a wall oven built into the cabinet below. I have added two breakers to the panel and run romex from each one to the kitchen area, creating one dedicated...
  12. E

    Oven and hob. Who's right?

    Hugely grateful for any advice. As part of our kitchen refit, we want to install an induction hob which is 32 amps. We have a 45 fused spur for oven and hob. Our oven is 14 amps. The induction hob takes us to 46 amps, 1 amp over. First electrician says we either need to rewire the kitchen to...
  13. S

    3 phase steam oven conversion

    I have retired from Solar installs and now finally looking to do my retirement project - Daimler V8 2.5. I needed some powder coating done but the cost for a few small items was ridiculous so I got into the DIY side. I found myself a 3 phase commercial steam oven (FINOX) which is massive so well...
  14. J

    Can you guys help make sure my electrician didn't mess up my pizza oven wiring? Schematic included

    Please see the photos in reference. After weeks/almost 2 moths of construction and prep - my contractor had finished up our pizza oven project. He let me know near the end of the process that the control panel would need to be removed in order to fit the oven in the way I desired. When he...
  15. Lou

    Beko oven power knob replacement

    Our neighbours oven knob has sheered off when the builders were replacing the kitchen ceiling... Anyway does anyone know where they can find a replacement knob? It's the one that turns the oven on and to grill etc. They can't use the oven at all. Thanks
  16. M

    16amp oven installation

    Hello. I have a new oven. I understand completely that I need to get it installed by an electrician and will definitely do so but for my own curiosity I would appreciate some help understanding electrical circuits and what I need. Please forgive if I don't use the right terminology here! My old...
  17. U

    Replace Oven Halogen bulb.

    Current Oven bulb is Halogen G9 base 12.0V 2.5W, 5W Max per manual; Exact replacement not available. Best match is 120V 25W bulbs. Is it advisable to use these? in general why are oven bulbs low voltage? Thank you
    • UTreas
    • Thread
    • bulb halogen oven replace
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: USA
  18. gm1984

    UK 16a oven on 20a fused spur from Kitchen ring main

    Hi, I've just bought a new built-in 3.4kw oven = 14.8A @ 230v. I'm getting 245v so actually 13.8A. Existing oven plugs into single socket fed from 20A DP switched fused spur. Ring is small (3 double sockets) with 4 x 20A DP switched fused spur single sockets (oven, washer/dryer, dishwasher...
    • gm1984
    • Thread
    • 16a fused fused spur kitchen main oven ring ring main spur
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. R

    Earth leakage high on oven but no trip?

    Morning, Customer has a intermittent trip which I am trying to locate. 4 circuits on rcd. Two rings , cooker and hob and one I cannot find actually powers anything as yet. Rings test fine and cooker circuit is okay continuity and I/r. I have put my earth leakage clamp on tails and when I go...
  20. T

    UK Hob and oven replacement

    Hi, I am a DIYer but have a good knowledge of electrics. The new units both have standard 13A plugs fitted to supply cables. Do I have to have a dedicated supply fed via 6mm sq cable? I have assumed it is not acceptable to connect them to a ring main? I live in a bungalow and I have to retile so...

OFFICIAL SPONSORS

Electrical Goods - Electrical Tools - Brand Names Electrician Courses Green Electrical Goods PCB Way Electrical Goods - Electrical Tools - Brand Names Pushfit Wire Connectors Electric Underfloor Heating Electrician Courses
These Official Forum Sponsors May Provide Discounts to Regular Forum Members - If you would like to sponsor us then CLICK HERE and post a thread with who you are, and we'll send you some stats etc

YOUR Unread Posts

Tags

advice aus cable circuit course earth electric electrical electrician hello led light lighting lights looking new please question rcd socket supply switch testing training wiring
This website was designed, optimised and is hosted by Untold Media. Operating under the name Untold Media since 2001.
Back
Top
AdBlock Detected

We get it, advertisements are annoying!

Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website. For the best site experience please disable your AdBlocker.

I've Disabled AdBlock