I am planning on installing an electric oven and was hoping to have some questions answered. Like most people I have done a lot of electrical work before but am weary since the legislation came in. ( I have let building control know...) The consumer unit is in the garage (adjacent to kitchen). There is a 16metre run from the cooker switch to consumer unit. Taking into account increase in resistence due to conduit I am using 6mm cable as the cooker requires a 32amp mcb as stated in cooker technical specs.
-Does the cable have to be mechanically protected in conduit even if it is run along high walls and entirely visible?
-Do the restrictions of 'no horizontal runs' and 15cm away from walls still apply when cables are on the surface not behind plaster?
-If I protect the cable in conduit can I make vertical and horizontal runs?
-Once the cable reaches the end of the garage I'll make a hole in the wall going straight into the junction box on the other side in the kitchen. Is this OK?
-From the cooker switch to the cooker I am planning on running the cable behind the existings units. I can't conduit the cable here due to access, is this OK?
Sorry for all these questions, am new to this forum so apologies in advance if I sound really stupid.
-Does the cable have to be mechanically protected in conduit even if it is run along high walls and entirely visible?
-Do the restrictions of 'no horizontal runs' and 15cm away from walls still apply when cables are on the surface not behind plaster?
-If I protect the cable in conduit can I make vertical and horizontal runs?
-Once the cable reaches the end of the garage I'll make a hole in the wall going straight into the junction box on the other side in the kitchen. Is this OK?
-From the cooker switch to the cooker I am planning on running the cable behind the existings units. I can't conduit the cable here due to access, is this OK?
Sorry for all these questions, am new to this forum so apologies in advance if I sound really stupid.
