Joining cooker cables

[John Laird]

Ye gods, that's 48+ amps by itself. Even with "diversity" (not everything on full at the same time), I'm not sure I would share this cable with anything else.

Neither likely to be beyond 13A, I would have thought. You could connect these to the main kitchen ring, depending on what else is on it (is your CU really completely full - if not, run another circuit for these two alone). Every appliance should have a rating sticker on it somewhere. I did find Neff's uk web site singularly unhelpful, though.

[MBQ]

It was between 2 and 3kW, less than 13A, hence my post.

[steve]

Well for an option that goes to the opposite end of the scale, why not use a 100 amp incomer in a proper enclouser? plenty of room in there.not very visually pleasing but could tuck it away in the back of a cupboard somewhere. Or take it a step further,and waiting for this to be shot down but was just a thought that came into my head :) the bees knees option use a shower/small consumer unit 40/50 amp mcb for cooker/hob 5/10 amp mcb for microwave/grill then cable for grill microwave could safely be run in a smaller sized cable.

a four module din rail enclouser, 100 amp incomer, cpl of blanking plates cost about 10/12 pounds

[G&M]

Hopefully - all I need is for it to arrive but that's another story ! :-(

[G&M]

Good point. Not likely to actually use more than say 7.2 kW at a time but I suppose it could happen if all five 2. 4 kW elements on half way came on together.

I'm quite likely to use both at same time for short periods so it would only take wife to want a cup of coffee to overload the ring. CUs (2 * 8 way - it's a big farmhouse plus outbuildings) are full but I'll look at rejigging things to free up an extra one for the ovens.

[Lurch]

On 27 Apr 2004 04:06:10 -0700, in uk.d-i-y [e-mail] (MBQ) strung together this:

Few is 5, between 2 and 3 isn't a few, not that it's _that_ important mind!

[Lurch]

On 27 Apr 2004 06:45:02 -0700, in uk.d-i-y steve_ [e-mail] (steve) strung together this:

I was thinking something like that, depending on the ratings it could be wired into the mains incomer at the meter end rather than the kitchen if needs be.

[Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)]

Single is ONE, couple is TWO and a few is THREE. 3kW =~ 13A.

[Lurch]

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:30:21 +0100, in uk.d-i-y "Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)" strung together this:

Several is THREE, few is FIVE. 5kW =~20A.

[Nick Brooks]

defines several as:-

"Being of a number more than two or three but not many."

and defines few as:-

"Being more than one but indefinitely small in number."

HTH

Nick Brooks

[MBQ]

I couldn't have put it better myself :-)

MBQ

[John Armstrong]

Have you tried a cooker connection unit (as opposed to switch/control point) ?

[G&M]

Got one of these but impossible to get three wires in. Eventually got one of the 60A cable boxes from TLC that somebody else suggested and it worked fine.

Thanks to everybody for your help