hallogen cookers

[BristolSpark]

anyone dealt with one before. Got a situation with one now. There is a double socket behind cooker fed from 32a mcb. The existing cooker runs from this on a 13a plug, fine with no problems.

The customer needs a cooker point or cooker outlet plate installed, before currys will install cooker.

Cant run fresh supply to many restarints.

Cant just change the socket over for a outlet plate as its a double socket flush.

Was thinking of crimping some 2.5mm to the two legs of socket run it up behind cooker to the tiled wall in trunking, fit a surface cooker switch then run 4mm back down the wall in trunking to an outlet plate. currys can then install.

dont know watts on new cooker but its hallogen, cant see what existing one is either. but like I said it runs fine on 13a plug.

any thoughts or opinions for me would be great

Not sure how to approach this now

 

[flukey]

would definitely find out what the new load is before you do anything

 

[BristolSpark]

I ended removing the the double the socket, adding a cooker switch plus an outlet plate, all fed from 32A mcb. I told the customer although her previous cooker worked fine on the 13amp plug the new cooker may be a higher load. So if they have any problems with tripping then I would advise them to have a deidicated cooker supply installed.

They were happy with that as it kept there costs down.

 

[flukey]

i personally would have left it all as it was until you had the required information as i what you have done is pointless if the cable supplying the circuit isnt up to the job