Oven power supply

[daveskirrow]

Having taken apart my old crappy kitchen I have found that my oven power cable has a plug on the end and is plugged into a normal plug socket, I always thought that they had to go into a 30amp box, is that correct?

Assuming thatI am correct and it does have to go into a 30amp box I need to find somewhere to put it. The current 30 amp oven box has the garage power supply attached to it (4 plug sockets, 2 security lights and 2 halogen strip lights) bearing in mind I use power tools, garden tools and the occasionally a MIG welder from the garage, is it ok to take feed out of this 30 amp box so it supplys the garage and the oven?

Cheers for you help, I'll be back soon with more stupis kitchen related questions.

Dave

[BigWallop]

No. You'll usually find the heating element in an oven is no more than you'd find in a kettle.

This sounds a bit on the dodgy side, but you'd need to feel the cable to see if it gets hot as you use all these items all at once. If you never use them all at once, then it's probably fine for your uses.

[bigcat]

just oven, or oven with hob?

NT

[Christian McArdle]

Most ovens these days come with plugs and only need a 13A socket. However, if you only have a single ring for the house, or a single ring for the kitchen, you might find that this circuit becomes overloaded with the dishwasher, tumble dryer, washing machine, microwave, fridge, freezer, kettle and toaster. Any fix should look at the kitchen as a whole, to see if a more equitable split between circuits would make sense.

Christian.

[daveskirrow]

Chgeers for you replies.

Just the oven, although we have bought a single oven and a combination oven/micowave. It's possible that the missus would be cooking while I'm usinbg stuff in the garage so it might all gets used at once.

Would I be better plugging the new oven into a wall socket with a plug on then? It would certainly save a lot of rewiring if its safe.

Cheers again Dave

[BigWallop]

As long as the new oven has a plug fitted on the flex, then yes. But not all ovens can just be plugged in, so you must make sure that the new one you buy has already been fitted with a UK plug top on the end of a flexible cable. If you are going for a choice of combination oven and hob or a double oven, then you will need to upgrade the supply cable and safety cut-off devices that these particular appliances need, and you will definitely not be able to use the garage supply in combination with the oven supply.

[bigcat]

A single oven alone will normally eat around half of 13A, and be quite happy on a plug.

NT

[daveskirrow]

Well, its a single oven but there also a combination oven microwave and a fridge/freezer on the same wall. I think I might get an electrician to have a look to be on the safe side.

Cheers!

[BigWallop]

Is the ring circuit dedicated to the kitchen only, or does it supply the whole house. As I said before, single ovens rarely have an element that is rated higher than the average kettle element, so be sure you don't plug the kettle in as well if it worries you that much. :-)