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Hello.
I am looking to install my new ElectriQ ceramic hob. It is to replace my freestanding upright cooker.
The present cooker is a 3 core wiring situation into the cooker switch.
But the new hob has 2 Live, 2 Neutral and a single Earth cable.
So how do I go about wiring this into the kitchen.
The built-in oven will be next but that is a normal 3 core wiring set up.
Kind regards,
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Re: Ceramic Hob installation advice please…
its still a 3 core cable. they use a 5 core cable because it more flexible and smaller than using 3 cores
just connect both lives to the same terminal and both neutrals to the other
Dave
Re: Ceramic Hob installation advice please…
Personally I would advise you to get an electrician out to do it.
Bryan
Re: Ceramic Hob installation advice please…
electrofix wrote:its still a 3 core cable. they use a 5 core cable because it more flexible and smaller than using 3 cores
just connect both lives to the same terminal and both neutrals to the other
Dave
Thanks Moderator Dave!
Didn’t realise it was as straight forward as that. I have had previous experience installing upright cookers, in an old job working in a domestic appliance shop, so I know that much. The 5 core just threw me.
So, with the built-in cooker also looking to be connected, do I need a special cooker switch that has the space for the main oven connected as per usual and another space to connect the ceramic hob please?
At the moment I have the standard cooker socket with a switched plug socket built in.
Re: Ceramic Hob installation advice please…
does you cooker switch lead down to a cooker connection point behind the unit ?
is the oven single or dual cavity ?
Dave
Re: Ceramic Hob installation advice please…
electrofix wrote:does you cooker switch lead down to a cooker connection point behind the unit ?
is the oven single or dual cavity ?
Dave
The cable leaves the cooker and goes into a white covered wall box that connects there. That cable travels up behind the plasterboard to the main cooker switch/socket.
The present freestanding oven is a double oven and the new (secondhand) oven, as far as I can remember is a main oven with a smaller top oven/grill.
Re: Ceramic Hob installation advice please…
so both units need to be connected to the cooker main.
if the oven was just a single cavity it could be connected to a socket but yours has a separate grill so could overload a 13A plug
dave
Re: Ceramic Hob installation advice please…
Thanks for your reply.
So what does that mean Dave?
What do I do to make both ‘live’ and ready to cook please?
Regards,
Re: Ceramic Hob installation advice please…
not sure what you mean by that but you will have to connect both appliances to the cooker connection box as both need a 30A main
its going to be a squeeze as the connector is not designed to take 2 cables but the only other way to get an electrician in to give you a connection for each appliance
Dave
Re: Ceramic Hob installation advice please…
Again, thanks Dave
What I meant was what do I have to do to connect the hob and oven to make them work.
But you have already suggested it.
I have had a look and the junction box is exactly that, a very tight squeeze to get both connected there.
So the only way is to have two separate cooker switches?
Re: Ceramic Hob installation advice please…
so both units need to be connected to the cooker main.
Incorrect..!!
Each appliance MUST have its own power supply as a double oven and an induction or ceramic hob will draw in excess of 30amps.
Do NOT connect both into the same cooker point as you will make it a fire risk.
Each one will need it own 30amp supply from the fuse board.
Bryan
Re: Ceramic Hob installation advice please…
Thank you for that important information.
A Sparky it is, then!
Re: Ceramic Hob installation advice please…
r600a wrote:
Each appliance MUST have its own power supply as a double oven and an induction or ceramic hob will draw in excess of 30amps.Do NOT connect both into the same cooker point as you will make it a fire risk.
Each one will need it own 30amp supply from the fuse board.
Bryan
fair point Bryan
Dave
Re: Ceramic Hob installation advice please…
Okay.
I hope you can help me through this next part as I am a newly made 1 parent family who is also unemployed, so….
…to keep things cheap as possible, I can set up the cabling myself and then get a Sparky to connect when ready.
What is the correct cable needed for the new set up that will feed the ceramic hob?
The present cooker has it’s own 30amp circuit breaker. What do I need to get to put in the consumer unit to connect the hob cable to the consumer unit.
Please see attached image.I appreciate all your time and experience.
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