Installing Electric Cooker.

[llamekuf]

When an Electric Cooker is installed does the power cable have to come from the fuse box to the Cooker or, can an existing normal electric socket be modified to take the power.?

[sandyRoe]

I believe the cable for a cooker is much heavier. I'm sure someone better qualified than me will be along shortly. It's not something an amateur should be messing with.

[Buenchico]

Cookers need their own power supplies, separate to the ring circuits which 13A sockets are on.

[llamekuf]

Thank you SANDYROE and BUENCHICO.
Hopefully someone will post some more information later on today.

[Old_Geezer]

I'm unsure what else you need. Cookers take a lot of power they must be on their own separate spur/MCB. If you need to ask I'd advise getting a professional to fit it for you. Also there are "Part P" regs you need to adhere to.

[llamekuf]

Thank you OLD_GEEZER.

[Canary42]

It depends what you mean by a Cooker. A single or double free-standing hotplate, mini-oven, a halogen oven, a single induction plate, etc can be connected to the 13amp normal socket. A fully fledged cooker (several hotplates/grill/oven) however must under no circumstances be so fitted - it needs a much heavier circuit led back to the property's power supply configuration with a separate fuse/cutout unit.

[llamekuf]

Thank you CANARY42.
It would be a normal domestic cooker, twin oven, grill and hotplate.
Can an existing normal electric socket be modified to take the power.?

[Buenchico]

>>>Can an existing normal electric socket be modified to take the power.?

No, because that socket will be on a ring circuit and a cooker requires its own dedicated supply.

[llamekuf]

Thanks again BUENCHICO.

[The Builder]

It is "theoretically" possible to use a 32amp ring circuit as a dedicated cooker supply if the cooker is rated at anything up to 32 amps under precise conditions (let's not go there though.)

To answer the question, you will need a radial circuit from the Consumer Unit using a 6mm cable, or a 10mm cable for higher capacity cookers.

You would need a properly qualified electrician though, as this is what's known as "notifiable".

[BRIGHT SPARK]

Cookers,ovens and hobs with a rated current of 2Kw or more should be wired on a dedicated radial circuit....BS7671..App 15.

[Buenchico]

Physics must have changed a lot since I taught it if we're now measuring current in kilowatts, Bright Spark!
;-)

[BRIGHT SPARK]

Animal...watch your back...:-)

[llamekuf]

Thank you, THE BUILDER and BRIGHT SPARK.