Oven Wiring Help Please

[CliveDiy]

Am I ok to use 6mm cable for an electric oven, I assume diversity will not come into it as the hob is gas.

The maximum wattage is 5200, the cable run is 7 metres from the consumer unit and bunched with about three other cables through holes drilled in the floor joists and not in contact with insulation.

Had a look in the on site guide table 6E1, am I right in saying the installation would be method 1 clipped direct column 6 which gives a current carrying capacity of 46 amps well in excess of what I’ll need, although the cable will be plastered into the wall from the oven control switch to the connector box outlet.

I assume at the consumer end a 32 amp mcb will be adequate for circuit protection.

Thank you for any help available

 

[andy]

yes. diversity can still be applied, but i wouldnt recommend it for cookers

 

[CliveDiy]

Hi Andy

Thanks for your comments, as I understand it a cooker consists of an oven and a hob, and I believe diversity can be applied in that case because it is assumed that not all rings and oven would be on at any one time, whereas an oven be it a double one.
Both could be on at the same time, in which case diversity would not apply.