Moving a cooker?
Discussion
Ok, at Paolow towers I cook my dinner in my 'Belling compact auto deluxe' cooker which looks a bit like this beauty:
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Its a 4 ring fairly decrepit thing but I want it over the other side of the kitchen. Fair enough, Ill need a junction box and some appropriate cabling. However, this is where I get stuck. OK - 30A junction box - thats easy enough but the cable that people are talking about is 10mm. thats HUGE! i measured the existing cable going into the cooker and its a flat one (like a flat twin and earth) and its only 15mm wide at the most. surely then the existing cable cant be that big? the only markings on it tell me that its 1000/600 volt cable which is useful.
On top of this the connections at the back of the cooker wil,l I am almost certain, not fit a 10mm wire.
This leaves me a bit stuck! Is there something obvious I am missing? Do I really need the 10mm cabling? the cooker is moving maybe 2 yards so maybe a 5m run of cable?
Its a 4 ring fairly decrepit thing but I want it over the other side of the kitchen. Fair enough, Ill need a junction box and some appropriate cabling. However, this is where I get stuck. OK - 30A junction box - thats easy enough but the cable that people are talking about is 10mm. thats HUGE! i measured the existing cable going into the cooker and its a flat one (like a flat twin and earth) and its only 15mm wide at the most. surely then the existing cable cant be that big? the only markings on it tell me that its 1000/600 volt cable which is useful.
On top of this the connections at the back of the cooker wil,l I am almost certain, not fit a 10mm wire.
This leaves me a bit stuck! Is there something obvious I am missing? Do I really need the 10mm cabling? the cooker is moving maybe 2 yards so maybe a 5m run of cable?
Edited by paolow on Monday 13th April 18:34
Dont forget this bit about the isolator, move that aswell:
A cooker radial circuit starts at the consumer unit, the wire should be thick enough to carry the required amount of electricity for the appliance and the wires should be run in the permitted zones (if you are unsure what thickness of wire to use then consult a qualified electrician, diversity can be applied to cookers but not to showers). The wire will then go to a double pole isolating switch containing a neon indicator ( this is called a CCU or cooker control unit ). This switch must never be placed directly over the appliance but must be within 2 metres of the appliance. Often the Appliance will be wired directly into the CCU, but it is not uncommon to see appliances wired into a connection unit that is below the kitchen worktop ( this makes changing an appliance much easier).
A cooker radial circuit starts at the consumer unit, the wire should be thick enough to carry the required amount of electricity for the appliance and the wires should be run in the permitted zones (if you are unsure what thickness of wire to use then consult a qualified electrician, diversity can be applied to cookers but not to showers). The wire will then go to a double pole isolating switch containing a neon indicator ( this is called a CCU or cooker control unit ). This switch must never be placed directly over the appliance but must be within 2 metres of the appliance. Often the Appliance will be wired directly into the CCU, but it is not uncommon to see appliances wired into a connection unit that is below the kitchen worktop ( this makes changing an appliance much easier).
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