Hardwiring a Hisense oven

[liam01]

Hopefully someone can help and tell me where i’m going wrong.

I’ve recently bought this oven that needs a 16amp power supply (https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/household-appliances/cooking/ovens/hisense-bi5228pbuk-electric-oven-black-10200559-pdt.html) but I can’t get it to work. I’ve hardwired it in using this 2.5mm cable, which is rated to 20amps (https://quickbit.co.uk/black-flex-cable-3183y-per-meter-3-core-2-5mm.html)

I’ve got an MCB in the cellar as below – It states 30A / 240v on the MCB itself, however when I turn this back on, the oven doesn’t come on? My previous oven worked fine on this setup. Do I need a lower Amp MCB?

Any help would be much appreciated.

[electrofix]

firstly that a cartridge fuse not an MCB

An MCB is more accurate and can be reset wheras a fuse needs to be changed when it blows

you need to check there is power getting to the oven. both live and neutral

if no then you need to find out where in your house wiring the fault is

if yes and you have connected it correctly then the oven is faulty

Dave

[liam01]

Thanks for that, I’d read something that made it sound like I had an MCB so good to know what it actually is.

There’s power still getting to the oven as the hob still works, and when my previous oven stopped working, I got someone out to look at it and they were able to get it turned back on again. Regarding wiring it up, i’m certain I’ve done it correctly – Matched them up in the junction box where the power comes and splits off to the hob, and followed the guidance for attaching the cable at the oven end.

[electrofix]

from the sound of thst your new oven is a dud

Dave

[liam01]

Okay, thanks for that. I’ll probably get someone out to look at it then to confirm before I see about returning it.

[electrofix]

you could find a plug and a wire

then connect it to the lead and plug it into a socket

if its still dead its faulty
if it works then you have a supply problem somewhere

connecting to a 13A fuse as a quick test is ok it just cant be permanent

Dave

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