I have a new oven but the people I bought it from didn't connect it......it's electric, would I need to get an electrician out or would the local council do it for me (it's a council flat)?
2007-05-27 04:29:51 · 14 answers · asked by Kasha 7 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
You need an electrician.
2007-05-27 04:34:45 · answer #1 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You would probably be much safer getting an electrician to install it for you unless you are confident with DIY.
Don't listen to the 'plug it in' fools. Most cookers need more than the 13amps a plug can supply without blowing the fuse and if they didn't they would be very small and/or take for ever to cook your food!
Ovens have to be connected to a 'cooker point' which will have cabling and fuses rated to take the much bigger power supply an oven needs. If you have a cooker point wiring the oven to it would be similar to wiring a plug but you need to turn off the power supply to it before removing the cover to do this. Like I said unless you know what you're doing an electrician will be less hassle and much safer! Still at least you've got an excuse to eat takeaway until it's done!
The council might be able to recommend someone but it's probably down to you to get it sorted out.
Edit: For the purposes of this answer cooker and oven are interchangeable.
2007-05-27 11:45:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If it is a single oven, then it will be rated at under 3KW (13Amps) should be wired into a 3-pin-plug, using a heat-resistant flex of size 1.5mm conductors. Check the label on the casing.
Double ovens take too much power for that and are hard-wired.
Look in the oven slot and see if there is a socket there...
2007-05-27 11:42:37 · answer #3 · answered by Girlie Electrics 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The council should connect it but if your council is as useless as mine, I'd get an electrician. I would avoid trying to connect it yourself.
2007-05-27 11:39:21 · answer #4 · answered by altered ego 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Girlie Electrics is EXACTLY correct with her answer, the only one so far. Best to get an electrician in your case.
2007-05-27 14:08:56 · answer #5 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You defininitely need to get a qualified electrician to connect a cooker. It is not legal for you to do it. If you did do it and something went wrong you would not be covered under your house insurance, that's if you lived to put in a claim!
2007-05-27 12:17:12 · answer #6 · answered by Meggan's Mum 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
nearly all council flats should already have a cooker point already there. you only have to coonect it, but do get an electrician if your not sure your self.
2007-05-27 11:36:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You will need to get an electrician to do the work fo you.
2007-05-27 11:44:38 · answer #8 · answered by tassintwo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need an electrician.
You could try asking the council, but they're unlikely to do it (unless they supplied the cooker, in which case they'd already have fitted it.........)
2007-05-27 11:37:21 · answer #9 · answered by monkeymoo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you should really get an electricain in to sort it out for you. i wouldnt mess with electric if i was ou you caould cause some real damage to yourself and your home. Be safe not sorry
2007-05-27 11:40:33 · answer #10 · answered by umbongo1984 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋