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I've recently had a new cooker point ran from the consumer unit and have had a new touch control ceramic hob installed on it but could get absolutely nothing from the hob at all, no display or anything. After looking at the consumer unit fuse board I realised the electrician who installed the cooker point had done so on a 6amp circuit breaker instead of a 32amp one.

Would that explain why the hob isn't turning on at all or should it be coming on and tripping the fuse?
 
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crapusername said:
The hobs display isn't lighting at all and it isn't tripping the circuit breaker. Have tested the cable with be of those cheap pens that you just hold near a cable and it flashes and beeps. When the 6amp circuit breaker is on it beeps, flick it off and it doesn't meaning that the MCB hasn't failed right?

The odd thing is that two identical hobs have been tried and neither will light up or anything.

Any ideas?
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Hi,this is the sentence which worries me...who did this "testing by substitution?"

If it was the "electrician"...then,he is not.
 
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Do we know if the magic wand bleeps when it is waved near the cable at the hob end?

Dear OP. Please note that those wand things are OK to give a general indication of the presence of a voltage in a conductor. But the hob will need continuity in the NEUTRAL conductor as well as the live conductor. And you aren't going to find that with a fairy wand.

You need a proper two probe voltage tester to determine this, or a multimeter at the very least.
 
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DPG said:
I really do hope we find out the full story here.
Daz
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If one can never get to the details,regarding exactly what occurs,during one of my missuses shopping trips...then,i have to believe,this would be even harder,on a anonymous forum :)

Basic,human nature,is to extol our virtues and luck,yet guard with fervour,our mishaps and short-comings.

Am i guilty of the same? ...only if i'm human ;)
 
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PEG said:
If one can never get to the details,regarding exactly what occurs,during one of my missuses shopping trips...then,i have to believe,this would be even harder,on a anonymous forum :)

Basic,human nature,is to extol our virtues and luck,yet guard with fervour,our mishaps and short-comings.

Am i guilty of the same? ...only if i'm human ;)
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PEG, do they have lectric on your planet:D
 
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Andy78 said:
They are a sturdy unit. Wouldn't trust the switchgear as far as I could chuck it and the supplied blanks don't comply though.
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Hmmm debatable, the lid in the closed position is surely the 'fire barrier' - it even has a securing screw ?
If the blank was non-compliant what about the switchgear, that's mostly plastic ?
 
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The main question here is: Would they now be cooking tea or dinner on this hob?
That sparksburnout feller is not allowed to answer :)

Dazburnsout
 
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Dave OCD said:
Hmmm debatable, the lid in the closed position is surely the 'fire barrier' - it even has a securing screw ?
If the blank was non-compliant what about the switchgear, that's mostly plastic ?
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It's not the material or fire protection I'm on about.
Live parts must only be accessible with the use of a tool or key. These flip out with a finger far too easily leaving a gap bigger than IP2X.
416.2.1 and 416.2.4
 
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Andy78 said:
It's not the material or fire protection I'm on about.
Live parts must only be accessible with the use of a tool or key. These flip out with a finger far too easily leaving a gap bigger than IP2X.
416.2.1 and 416.2.4
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Fair point Andy, although if anyone was then daft enough to wiggle a finger through the missing 'blank' hole there's still IP2X protection from the busbar shroud. :)
 
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Dave OCD said:
Fair point Andy, although if anyone was then daft enough to wiggle a finger through the missing 'blank' hole there's still IP2X protection from the busbar shroud. :)
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A protruding prong for an MCB to sit on would be accessible.A busbar shroud does not usually provide protection from a finger, even when the prong is sawn off or the busbar trimmed down.
That's my view anyway. I only use din rail mounted blanks.
 
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