My existing oven is fitted with a cable and plug, new one needs to be hardwired. It says in the instructions for the new oven not to use cable and plug.
The socket is a dedicated one for the cooker and has it's own breaker on the distribution unit.
Can I simply remove the socket behind the oven and use a length of the correct cable to connect the oven to it? (using the correct connectors obviously).....Or do I need some kind of device with a fuse in it?
2007-10-05 23:35:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Your oven needs to be wired into a proper cooker point with 6mm twin and earth cable. If you look somwhere behind where your cooker goes you should see a point where the cooker wires in, somewhere below your cooker socket and switch.
Plug a radio into the cooker socket and switch it on.
Unplug the cooker circuit fuse (or trip the breaker) in your fuse box - the radio should now go silent, proving that the circuit is dead and there is no risk of you receiving a shock.
Unscrew the two retaining screws and remove the white plastic cover from your cooker point (the one behind where your cooker goes, not the socket that you plugged the radio into). You will see a connector in the wall with three wires going into it, this comes from your cooker socket.
Very carefully wire in the wires from your cooker to the socket, matching colours, and making sure that the earth wire (the bare one) is sheathed with earth sheathing (green and yellow striped, available from diy centres at 99p). Make sure that you don't leave any bared wire and that you carefully tighten each of the brass screws onto the wires.
Put the cover back on and tighten the screws, then make sure the cooker switch on the wall is off. Restore the fuse or breaker in your fuse box, you should hear the radio start. Switch on the cooker switch and see if any clock or display lights. If so, you have done it right and now test your cooker by making yourself something nice to eat or boil up some milk for a nice coffee!
I hope this helps, NB this is how it is done here in England, if you are in another country then please ask someone more local.
Electricity can kill - just ask American executioners - so please be careful.
2007-10-05 23:53:16 · answer #1 · answered by MarkEverest 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Never heard of a plug in oven -- clothes dryers, yes. Your new dryer will have a pigtail, which you simply wire in as you unwire the old one. You have 2 hots, one cold, and a safety ground. 2 hots at 120v each, wired out of phase with each other to make 240. Twist the wire nuts really tight -- there's a lot of amperage, and amperage means heat. Don't burn the place down.
2016-05-17 08:18:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you already have the proper socket fitted to the wall then
i would do as you said and fit a cable that is capable of
handling the current that your oven will use.
Don`t forget to completely shut off the power supply first
before you work on it.
2007-10-05 23:50:00 · answer #3 · answered by J. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My advice is call a qualified, journey electrician. The cost will be small compared to the money you'll save in replacing damaged parts, house, or a trip to the emergency room. Electricity is a tricky thing if you're not experienced in this sort of thing. Sit this one out and watch him ot her do their job, and study some books on how to do this one. Owner initiative is a good thing in home repairs, but something you don't know about is very dangerous.
2007-10-06 02:28:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not enough information provided.
Whoever you ask needs to know:
Size of breaker.
Size of cable in wall, length of cable run
Hob; Power rating.
Oven: Power rating.
and even then, I'll probably still tell you to get a sparky in.
2007-10-06 02:17:28 · answer #5 · answered by Pauline 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok thats good check the circuit/breaker is 45amp. Then get a cooker socket from a diy store.
Make sure all the electric is turned off before touching it (because 45 amps will kill) and if you dont know what you are doing, get a professional electrician in.
eg
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=23484&ts=67273
2007-10-05 23:43:28 · answer #6 · answered by John S 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hire an electrician. It's not worth burning your house down to save a few bucks.
2007-10-05 23:41:16 · answer #7 · answered by Skeptic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FIRST ask any electrician (try to make a friend so that it won't cost ) then listen carefully to him. It is usually illegal for you to do it yourself
2007-10-05 23:43:02 · answer #8 · answered by noknojon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
match the wires and with a screwdriver
2007-10-05 23:38:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what you need is an electrician ..it is illegal in the UK to do it yourself ..if you don't believe me ring up your local building control
2007-10-05 23:41:28 · answer #10 · answered by boy boy 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋