I am thinking of buying a replacement built-under, double-oven electric cooker. The one I have spotted and like the look of is an Indesit FDU201X. I think it may be 'end-of-line' because I can find no references to it on the internet. The one that comes closest is an Indesit FIU201X.
Anyway - when I installed my current electric oven (De Longhi SINGLE oven), it was simply a case of 'pull-out' the old and 'shove in the new' and then plug it in - via a standard 13-amp three pin plug.
I am told that the Indesit requires 'hard-wiring' (which sounded difficult and expensive!), but when I checked the current De Longhi set up, I noted that its power lead and 3-pin plug, plugs into a double socket box (second socket serves the gas hob, mains ignition). This box is mounted on the back of the base kitchen cupboard, and leading from the back of the socket box are a lot of heavy duty wires which run under the floorboards to the consumer unit (with a separate fuse for the cooker).
I think I am safe in saying that the 'hard-wiring' 'big & ugly' bit is in place, but what I am not clear on is whether the Indesit cooker comes with a lead/plug set up (like the De Longhi) or whether it needs to be wired into a 'cooker powerpoint'. The local retailer says 'powerpoint', but won't elaborate, and won't look in the boxed cooker to see what the set-up is. I can't find anything on the web to show how this should be installed, can some one help?
Cheers - Phil
Anyway - when I installed my current electric oven (De Longhi SINGLE oven), it was simply a case of 'pull-out' the old and 'shove in the new' and then plug it in - via a standard 13-amp three pin plug.
I am told that the Indesit requires 'hard-wiring' (which sounded difficult and expensive!), but when I checked the current De Longhi set up, I noted that its power lead and 3-pin plug, plugs into a double socket box (second socket serves the gas hob, mains ignition). This box is mounted on the back of the base kitchen cupboard, and leading from the back of the socket box are a lot of heavy duty wires which run under the floorboards to the consumer unit (with a separate fuse for the cooker).
I think I am safe in saying that the 'hard-wiring' 'big & ugly' bit is in place, but what I am not clear on is whether the Indesit cooker comes with a lead/plug set up (like the De Longhi) or whether it needs to be wired into a 'cooker powerpoint'. The local retailer says 'powerpoint', but won't elaborate, and won't look in the boxed cooker to see what the set-up is. I can't find anything on the web to show how this should be installed, can some one help?
Cheers - Phil
