Single Electrical wiring help

Apr 05, 2009 6 Replies
S

Hi,



I bought a new electric oven and it needs installing. I have some basica electrical skills.



As its quite low powered can I get away with using some T&E cable on a plug socket with a 13amp fuse ?



Would that even fit in a plug ?



Or do I have to wire this up to the consumer unit point ?



I followed the cable from the big red cooker switch point, which leads to a blank white plate, behind which is a red, black, and earth cable on some fairly thick looking T&E maybe 6mm. So behind this blanking plate there are also another 3 wires as above which have been connected using some kind of criminping. Just wondering if its just a cause of splitting the crimpo connection and connecting my yet to be bought T&E up to the corresponding colours using some thick electrical blocks (not fancy crimpers here) and then drilling a suitable hole in the plastic blanking plate and then wiring up the 3 wires to the cooker ? (or have I got it all wrong ? not unusual)



Im fairly game in giving it a go, but not at the expense of frying my plums :)


Or better yet save up for an electrician :)



thanks :)


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D

What do the instructions that came with it say? What is its power consumption? You certainly shouldn't be putting T&E into a 13 amp plug. The point of the 13 amp fuse is that anything downstream of it cannot draw more than 3kw (approx), and certainly should not need solid-core T&E cable. It's quite possible that the oven (assuming no hob) is rated at less than 3kw, in which case you can run it off the ring circuit via a 13 amp plug (or probably better, a 13 amp fused connection unit). But if this is the case it would usually be supplied with flex dangling out the back.

Dots

-- Remember Dr Folkman

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You need to find out what the kW rating of the oven is. Less than 3 kW and you can run it via a 13A plug and heat resistant flex.

Adam

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all you're doing is fitting a mains flex and plug, so hard to imagine you need an electrician. T&E has rigid cores and isnt heat resistant, better to use a heat resisting flex. A plug is fine if its just an oven, but not if it has rings as well as oven, those cookers need more power.

NT

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N

What nice people we are. I was expecting that post to attract some more harsh comments.

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I guess the arsey I-refuse-to-advise-anyone-who-has-to-ask posters didn't notice it.

Dots

-- Remember Dr Folkman

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