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Installing Electric Cooker.
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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.?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.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.
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".
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".