I'm in the process of sorting my kitchen out and have come round to the replacement cabling part of the job...

 

I have ordered a new kitchen with a ceramic hob and single elecic oven.

 

Originally it was all gas but that has been disconnected now... Basically I can't seem to find a proper answer as to what I actually need for the separate electric hob and oven.

 

Having consulted a couple of people it seems that a single 6mm2 cable will be suitable to supply both appliances. Is this correct? At this stage I'm just running cable under the floor and into back boxes.

 

At the moment the house has a nice 1950's fuse box which I will have replaced in the next few weeks. I just wanted to have all the new cable in ready for when that job is done.

 

Thanks chaps

6mm hob 2.5mm oven

Cheers mate, not to bad then!

how many watts is your oven running at as not all single ovens will be 2.5mm granted most nowadays are but always good to check

Hi

A lot of oven have 13amp plugs fitted which should be ok for you but check the load of both items that are going to be used .

If you are fitting a cooker switch with a socket on it,you will have to place the circuit on a rcd circuit breaker, not all hobs connect to 2.5mm some require bigger cables sizes if its gas then yes it will have a plug on it for the ignition and just plug it into a normal socket

Lets hear the maximum Watts for each. Then we can advise from there...

its not watts my friend its amps

Yes, but it will have a maximum wattage written clearly on it and any eletrican should be more than capable of working from that. ;)

its electrician lol :thumbup:

It's late! I have electricIan work to be doing tomorrow so I'm off to bed. :P

ok dave only joling with you mate

watts + Amps x Volts 240v x 5 amps is 1200 watts

 

the higher the amps the thicker the cable needs to be

 

likewise to work out amps if you have only watts

 

watts / volts 1200 watts / 240 volts = 5 amps

 

generally for cookers you need a seperate fused isoation

for single oven depending on Ampage / wattage you may get away with a 13 amp fused plug

 

 

Spend the extra Chris and get an Induction hob not just ceramic ..the savings in electric usage alone will offset the extra initial outlay in less than a year

 

PM me you number mate , i dont have it in my phone ...if your mate is stil going to be kind enough to polish my vandal scratches out when i get back to UK

 

cheers

 

steve

use dont use 240v to calculate anymore its 230v :thumbup1:

use dont use 240v to calculate anymore its 230v :thumbup1:

 

iff you rip somebodys spelling on a post just make sure you dont fall over yourself:tongue::rofl:

exactly lol

exactly lol

 

lol

HAHA! That is all. ;)

Oven:

Energy

Current (A) - 10.4

Voltage (V) - 230

Frequency (Hz) - 50

 

So 10 Amps for the oven?

 

Hob

Energy

Connection Rating (W) - 5.8

Front right 1700W

Front left 1200W

Rear right 1200W

Rear left 2100W

 

Current (A) - 30

Voltage (V) - 230

Frequency (Hz) - 50

 

And 30 amps for that?

 

 

I've since been advised to run a seperate 2.5mm cable for the oven and a 6mm for the hob, which sounds sensible to me.

 

Steve, I'll PM you for numbers... for the amount I cook and the fact that id have to buy new pans (I think?) the cost of the induction hob wouldn't really be worth it plus i never realised they were cheaper to run and its already ordered and on its way haha.

looks good sounds right to me