Help with wiring in electric hob tonight

[attractivebrunette]

Hi Guys, sorry I've been away so long. I've been at B&Q and tidying up the kitchen so I can do this properly. The meter is outside my flat in case you were wondering

So, I couldn't find a cooker plate. But I did find a junction box. So I've wired some 6mm cable into the hob as you told me and used the jumper to connect the two lives. Sorry I don't have a picture.

I've wired the other end into the junction box here:

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I'm assuming all I now need to do is remove the mains cable from the small round white junction box and wire it into my new square junction box. Then wire the cooker cable (which came with the cooker) into the same 'out' bits as the hob in the junction box? The cable from the cooker is small enough to share the junction box connector with the hob:

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[ColJack]

please see my previous post..

spooky huh?

that black cable seems to be missing an earth core, and may not be man enough to feed your oven ( looks like it was a feed to an electric igniter for the gas hob? )

 

[attractivebrunette]

You mean that black cable dangling in the background? I'm not certain but I'm sure that was the ignitor for the old gas hob. The connector block I'm using is 30amp.

So why do I need sleeving for the earth...if I did, wouldn't it already come with sleeving? I'm confused why the live and neutral are sleeved but not the earth.

After I've sleeved the earth, can I plug it in and switch it on?

 

[Steve]

I want to cry

Please tell us what rating the oven is.

I dont want to shout so dont make me!

 

[swidders]

You mean that black cable dangling in the background? I'm not certain but I'm sure that was the ignitor for the old gas hob. The connector block I'm using is 30amp.

Am I ready to plug it in and switch it on?

You might be, but you have been advised in no uncertain terms what to use to connect it all up. You have also been advised to get earthing sleeve, which you don't appear to have bothered with. What are you covering the pattress front opening with?

You have also failed to inform anyone of the rating for the oven.

Why do you bother to ask for advice from professionals on here if you have no intention of following it?

Do what you will, but make sure your smoke detectors are functioning and that the emergency services have been told to remain on alert.

 

[swidders]

So why do I need sleeving for the earth

Because you have been advised to!!!

 

[ColJack]

you need to screw that box to the back wall if you insist on using it ( and it should idealy be mounted with the screws horizontal, not vertical. )

the connector block would be ok as a temporary solution if you're desperate to use your new hob tonight, but a cooker outlet plate is the best way to go..

the earth is not insulated in T+E to save money.. you need to sleeve it where you strip the outer back to connect it.. ( especially in the hob, with all those screws so easy to accidentally come into contact with... )

 

[attractivebrunette]

I don't know what the oven rating is. There is nothing on the unit at all that mentions KW or Wattage or anything. So I wont wire the oven in for now. What rating will I be ok with and what rating would be a problem?

Returning to the hob. It helps if I know why I need sleeve for the earth as it helps me to understand what I'm doing. So thanks for telling me why I need earthing sleeve. I'll get some tomorrow.

Anything else guys? I couldn't have done any of this without you x

 

[swidders]

....as it helps me to understand what I'm doing.

 

[attractivebrunette]

I'm gonna plug it in in a minute, Swidders!

 

[Alastairreid]

bang

 

[swidders]

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[Alastairreid]

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[swidders]

Enjoy your first pizzza!!

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[ban-all-sheds]

Why do you bother to ask for advice from professionals on here if you have no intention of following it?

And why are you taking no notice of the manufacturer's instructions?

I can't be 100% sure, as it's not a good enough photo, but I'm pretty sure that on the flex representations it tells you what specification you need.

Or if not there, then it will tell you in the installation manual/instructions.

Your reason for ignoring what they told you and using 0.5mm² flex was what, exactly?

sorry! I'm hopeless.

Yes, you are. Hopeless and desperately incompetent and dangerous.

And it's not funny - it is dangerous to you, and to the other people who live in your block of flats, for you to consider doing any electrical work.

Just how stupid are you, that you think it's OK for you to attempt jobs when you clearly have no idea what you're doing?

Are there any other aspects of life where you're happy to plunge in and risk killing yourself and other people even though you must realise that you know SFA about the subject?

There's only one thing you should have been told, and you should have been told it loud and clear right from the start by everybody here

GET AN ELECTRICIAN - YOU ARE WAY OUT OF YOUR DEPTH AND YOU MUST NOT ATTEMPT ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH INSTALLING THIS HOB.