Cooker Installation

[Gaz28]

Hi,

I've recently bought a dual fuel cooker which requires hardwiring.

The user manual states that it needs to be connected to a double pole control unit with a minimum rating of 32A. However, i've just had an electrician round who, after looking in the manual, said that the oven only needs 8A and can be connected to my ring main.

The technical data from the book is below.

Grill: 2.2/2.4 kW
Main Oven: 1.8/2.0 kW
Top Oven: 1.7/1.9 kW

I'm just wondering who is right?

Thanks a lot!

 

[Silly Sausage]

It's the potential chasing out and making good that will add to the cost of the job. The wiring up is the easy bit!

Whoa!!!
Don't go making rash statements like that on the open Forum!

 

[Tuttle]

I very much doubt it would come with a 13amp plug with a potential load of 6kw's

Yeah, I know, but my thinking was that if the other guy who's been round there and looked at it was right about it being lower power then it might have. The OP did say it was dual fuel, so some of it must be gas. I've got a big dual fuel cooker here and that's got a molded 13A plug top on it.

 

[specs]

Yeah, I know, but my thinking was that if the other guy who's been round there and looked at it was right about it being lower power then it might have. The OP did say it was dual fuel, so some of it must be gas. I've got a big dual fuel cooker here and that's got a molded 13A plug top on it.

I know exactly what your saying, some of them do, i'm just looking at later post where op lists loadings of 2x ovens +grill= 6kw, not picking holes, just saying.

 

[markythesparky]

No, there was no power cable supplied. Also, just wondering, is £130 about the right price for someone to come in, put a new breaker in the consumer unit and install a new cooker point?

Thanks,

wonder if this price is from the same guy who told Gaz28 that it only needed to be plugged in?