Oven wiring etc

[sparkwright]

Well that for a start is pointless. It should be an unfused switch as the fridge and freezer have fuses in their plugs. Those sockets should not be sitting on the floor like that either. They should be fixed to something, like the wall.

Yes, but it seems the 'fused switch' serves two separate single sockets, so assuming a 32 amp ring in 2.5mm2 that would be technically correct.

Obviously an unfused switch serving one double socket would have been far better, if only to avoid two appliances being fed by one 13 amp fuse.

It pains me as well to see those sockets sitting on the floor unfixed.

 

[tommy8884]

Thanks guys. Defo not ideal....

So do I add a third socket to the oven sockets or change one of those fridge sockets to a double. Or neither?

 

[sparkwright]

Sorry for being a bit slow on the uptake, I have re-read your posts although quickly, but what did you say happened to the old gas hob electric point?

 

[tommy8884]

Sorry for being a bit slow on the uptake, I have re-read your posts although quickly, but what did you say happened to the old gas hob electric point?

It's still there unused. But I can't reuse it unfortunately as it's the other side of the room. No way to run the cables

 

[sparkwright]

Ah I see.

It would be a bit naughty to add to the fridge and freezer wiring, already both appear to be fed by a 13 amp fuse at the isolator.

 

[sparkwright]

To re-cap, what do you have on the cooker circuit at the moment?

One electric hob, and a double socket serving an oven and a microwave?

 

[tommy8884]

To re-cap, what do you have on the cooker circuit at the moment?

One electric hob, and a double socket serving an oven and a microwave?

Yep spot on. The hob is an induction hob

 

[sparkwright]

It's not ideal but adding another socket to the cooker circuit may be your only easy solution.

Is the cooker circuit protected by a 32 amp MCB/RCBO?

Diversity may be helpful in deciding if this is possible.

How powerful is the hob before you do anything?

Is the existing socket actually wired in 4 or 6 mm2 cable? Hopefully it is, if not adding an extra socket would be a problem.

 

[securespark]

I suspect the spark didn't want to come back and completed the wiring before the kitchen fitters arrived, so he left the cables terminated in sockets intended for fixing to the carcases.

The kitchen fitters never resited them.