Hello all, thanks for checking out this post.
I’m just after a bit advice today. I’ve got a very limited knowledge of electrical installation from a couple of C&G courses I completed after leaving school. I didn’t pursue that career and it’s been a good 7 years so I think we can write that knowledge off.
We’re looking to upgrade our dated gas cooker to an all electric one and I just wanted to seek a bit of advice before Currys try and sell me a service I may not need.
I will attach the relevant pictures to help explain myself.
So our current cooker is plugged into a socket next to a big red cooker switch but this switch doesn’t actually do anything. There is also a blank single faceplate behind the cooker. Am I correct in assuming that our cooker, at the moment, is just plugged into a standard plug socket and that big red switch controls power to the blank faceplate currently not in use?
As you can see in the pictures there is a dedicated 32a breaker in the fuse board for the cooker.
I suppose my question is: is it as simple as hard wiring the new unit into that faceplate behind the cooker and capping off the old gas line?
Here’s the unit we’re looking at installing if you need specifications:
https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/house...55-cm-electric-cooker-black-10187041-pdt.html
Thanks again.
I’m just after a bit advice today. I’ve got a very limited knowledge of electrical installation from a couple of C&G courses I completed after leaving school. I didn’t pursue that career and it’s been a good 7 years so I think we can write that knowledge off.
We’re looking to upgrade our dated gas cooker to an all electric one and I just wanted to seek a bit of advice before Currys try and sell me a service I may not need.
I will attach the relevant pictures to help explain myself.
So our current cooker is plugged into a socket next to a big red cooker switch but this switch doesn’t actually do anything. There is also a blank single faceplate behind the cooker. Am I correct in assuming that our cooker, at the moment, is just plugged into a standard plug socket and that big red switch controls power to the blank faceplate currently not in use?
As you can see in the pictures there is a dedicated 32a breaker in the fuse board for the cooker.
I suppose my question is: is it as simple as hard wiring the new unit into that faceplate behind the cooker and capping off the old gas line?
Here’s the unit we’re looking at installing if you need specifications:
https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/house...55-cm-electric-cooker-black-10187041-pdt.html
Thanks again.