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ThunderGuts |
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Posted: 09:11 - 24 Aug 2020 Post subject: |
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On the plus side, if you're planning to stay in the house for the foreseeable future, this is the opportunity to set out the electrics how you like, i.e. sockets (kitchens never have enough normally for all of today's appliances), light locations, lightswitches, outdoor lights (and sockets - they're so useful). But please get it done by a qualified electrician; you can sleep safe at night then. Older houses with solid walls will require chasing out for new cabling; it's a messy job and things like plastering up afterwards is best left to the pros, so even the non-electrical donkey work isn't worth you getting involved in.
Ask around, find a good local spark and get them in. See if you can help them out if you want to save a few quid (things like drilling joists for cable runs, pulling through cables, removing old stuff etc.) but unless they're pretty easy going they might not be interested. ____________________ TG. |
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Current (geddit? ) circumstances, you should be able to find a sparkie who's furloughed or been layed off who will do a homer for a reasonable price. |
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Ste Not Work Safe
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wr6133 World Chat Champion
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Giant electrical fire burned down the entire slum, King29 is now fighting an army of rats, armed with nothing but a shitty nappy for who gets to sleep in the old washing machine. |
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Posted: 13:26 - 03 Sep 2020 Post subject: Re: Cooker |
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King29 wrote: | So the cooker is broke beyond repair. Has been for sometime, wife is sick of cooking in a small halogen oven contraption. I've decided to get a new cooker. Got my eye on one but it 'suggests' it's going via a spur and not a 13amp plug. Max power rating for the oven is 2.1kw. Since some normal heaters are 2.2kw plug in electric with a 3 pin plug type; surely I can just wire a plug and run it off that?
The socket behind the cooker is a twin socket where as most spurs I can see are single so I can't bodge it.
Am I going to be OK sticking a plug on the end of the wire?
It's a Stoves single oven.
https://www.stoves.co.uk/products/cooking/built-in-ovens/st-seb602f/ |
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Terminal Block PositionRear Left
Supply Voltage (V)220-240V
Supply Frequency (Hz)50Hz
Electrical ConnectionFixed Wiring (Cable Supplied)
Total Electrical Power Load (kW)2.29kW
Fuse Size (A)13A
Fuse says 13A (13 Amperes.)
The cooker is rated at 2.3kW
On 220va.c. that's under 9amps current.
Your ring main for sockets should be protected by a 32Amp Minature Circuit Breaker (MCB)
Check your Consumer Unit and if it's 32A buy a nice new MK 13amp Plug with a 13amp fuse then you are good to go.
Cookers are usually on their own MCB so as to prevent overload if too much load is applied.
The MCB will never see anymore than 13amps as the plug fuse will fail before the breaker feels anything.
The only risk is if something else injures the cable (in the wall).
I hope I will be invited to tea now. 🤣 ____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 3 years, 207 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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