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Thanks Wilko. I’ve swapped the oven for one fitted with a 13amp plug but had I kept it, an electrician wouldn’t have connected it in the method described above and would have have insisted on installing a new radial circuit from the CU?Hi - many things in life are possible, but some are not recommended.
AFAIK there isn’t really a regulation prohibiting this exactly, but IMHO it’s not in accord with Appendix 15 and perhaps Regulation 433.1 (design so that a small overload of long duration is unlikely).
Another way of saying it - if a student submitted this design at college it wouldn’t result in a pass.
Sorry to ask yet another question on this thread.
I’ve found an oven which is 13amp but it doesn’t come with a plug and says it must be hardwired.
Does anyone have any idea of the reason for this?
Is there any reason why a plug can’t be fitted to it?
Thanks again
Beeg
ETA... I appreciate that MIs should always be followed, I’m just intrigued as to why this might be the case.
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