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I am about to fit a replacement built-in electric oven. It has a lead with a 13A fused plug to connect to power. The kitchen has a typical oven switch (red) with an associated 3 pin socket fitted on the wall above the work surface. There is a 45A single connector plate on the wall in the oven cavity under the work surface.
On the previous oven installation someone had removed the 13A plug and cable and connected a 6mm² twin and earth flex directly from the wall connector plate to the terminals on the oven. This time the new oven has the power lead connected in a different location that makes it extremely difficult to do the same.
There is an added issue that the original installation (e.g. 3 ovens ago and supposedly professionally installed) includes the wiring for the gas hob (still working). This is simply for the ignition spark. On the original installation there is a 1.0mm² 3 core cable running from the hob and simply connected to the same terminals on the 45A single connector plate as the oven.
Should I really connect the oven using the 13A plug into a socket? If so can I simply replace the current 45A wall mounted connector plate with a double 3-pin socket outlet, plug the oven into one, put a plug on the hob ingnition lead and plug that into the other socket?
On the previous oven installation someone had removed the 13A plug and cable and connected a 6mm² twin and earth flex directly from the wall connector plate to the terminals on the oven. This time the new oven has the power lead connected in a different location that makes it extremely difficult to do the same.
There is an added issue that the original installation (e.g. 3 ovens ago and supposedly professionally installed) includes the wiring for the gas hob (still working). This is simply for the ignition spark. On the original installation there is a 1.0mm² 3 core cable running from the hob and simply connected to the same terminals on the 45A single connector plate as the oven.
Should I really connect the oven using the 13A plug into a socket? If so can I simply replace the current 45A wall mounted connector plate with a double 3-pin socket outlet, plug the oven into one, put a plug on the hob ingnition lead and plug that into the other socket?