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Re: Electric range cooker on 32A circuit
The ones we are looking at are ceramic, not induction. Changing to 10mm is not an option, I’m afraid.
The page that shows the advice on wiring is http://www.rangemaster.co.uk/rangemaster-owners/faqs, second answer down. To save you looking it says:
Q. What power supply do I need to install my cooker?
Please ensure your fitters refer to the fitters guide before installation.
Ceramic and Induction models may be connected to a suitable 6mm cable with a 32-amp breaker (providing the isolator switch, which turns the power on and off to the cooker, does not incorporate a 13 amp socket). However to provide greater flexibility, we recommend a 10mm cable with a 45 amp breaker.
Note:
These are guidelines and other factors may alter the cable/breaker power. Therefore we cannot provide electrical information as the qualified electrician has to make calculations based on what is around the cooker e.g. boilers etc.As I said above, 2 qualified electricians have visited and confirmed that the cooker can safely be connected, within the regulations – but they don’t know whether the cooker will frequently or infrequently trip the MCB.
Re: Bosch heating element opinion please
The instruction manual does not say that salt should not be provided in the form of tablets.
The instruction manual says that the amount of salt used should be determined by the water company’s figures for water hardness (which it was) not by simply setting the salt setting to maximum (which is what he did).
What evidence do you have that the salt in 3 in 1 tablets is less salty than salt in bags? Would a chemist agree with you?
Do you really believe that any heating element can be kept entirely clear of scale, and if not, what is a reasonable thickness for the element to tolerate? Is it 5 thou?
Presumably I am incredibly lucky then, that my previous dishwashers, washing machines and immersion heaters all tolerate our medium hard water.
And of course, presumably Bosch would never dream of saving themselves 50p on the cost of a component, thereby introduced planned obsolescence?
Anyway, it now has 3 in 1 and full hard water bagged salt – my guess is that it will react in the same way as your car does to winter roads – by corroding away. And good riddance to it, will be my view.
