Gas Cooker to Electric

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I am just about to move into a property with a gas cooker, not realising I have bought a gas hob and electric oven How difficult and how expensive will it be to install the right socket.

Thanks

 

[JohnD]

Look at the manual or the sales brochure for the electric oven and see what power it uses at max. This info will also be on a makers plate on the oven itself.

If it is a typical UK single oven it will probably be about 2200Watts or 2.2 kW or about 10Amps. In which case you can plug it in to a convenient socket using a 13Amp plug.

If it is a double oven, and/or takes more than 3kW, you will need a new radial circuit installed. If you go down this route you may as well have a big cable that can later be used for a big electric cooker in case you get a new wife who likes electric hobs (even though they are not as good as gas ones )

But have a good look around the kitchen as many houses with far-sighted builders or owners have a circuit installed for an electric cooker, when they are wired, to provide flexibility for future use.

If you do need to have a new circuit installed, get quotes from qualified electricians who are members of an approved self-certification scheme and will issue you with a certificate when done.