Oven cable

[Pocster]

4 minutes ago, Thorfun said:

2 x ovens for cooking meals in. also one child has an allergy so for some foods we need to cook separately. 1 x microwave. then 3 ovens wouldn't look right so to even it out we got a steam oven as well. makes everything look aligned and appeals to our compulsive natures.

6 would look better 

[Thorfun]

6 minutes ago, Pocster said:

6 would look better 

i look forward to seeing how it looks in your kitchen

[Pocster]

16 minutes ago, Thorfun said:

i look forward to seeing how it looks in your kitchen

I’m having 8 ovens 

[Alan Ambrose]

Guys you don't seem to fully get the concept of 'O' in SWMBO.

[Kelvin]

Heb Homes have a partner kitchen and bathroom company. They are obviously keen for the business so we visited their showroom and got a design which had three ovens. I asked why three and was told with a straight face, you’ll likely never use three but I read about the power of three (which is a thing in marketing) so always put three in. 🙄 We sacked them off and did it ourselves so now have two high spec ovens. The microwave is rarely used so that’s stand alone in the utility room out of the way for the very occasional time we use it as we valued the larder space more than the occasional use of a microwave. We also have a separate slow cooker by that’s in the utility room too out of the way. 

[Thorfun]

36 minutes ago, Alan Ambrose said:

Guys you don't seem to fully get the concept of 'O' in SWMBO.

I 100% do! see my previous post stating

 

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Happy wife, happy life

 

[Onoff]

Also, good practice to have the cooker switch within 2m of the appliance.

[Kelvin]

10 minutes ago, Onoff said:

Also, good practice to have the cooker switch within 2m of the appliance.

Mine is within 200mm of the appliance but on the opposite side of the wall in the utility room. 🙄

[Pocster]

Finally managed to get hold of my sparky !

 

He wants 3 separate 10mm to each appliance 

[Mattg4321]

1 minute ago, Pocster said:

Finally managed to get hold of my sparky !

 

He wants 3 separate 10mm to each appliance 

10mm is overkill unless run through a shedload of insulation. 6mm is enough when you use the diversity calculation for every domestic cooking appliance I’ve ever fitted (a lot!)

[Pocster]

3 minutes ago, Mattg4321 said:

10mm is overkill unless run through a shedload of insulation. 6mm is enough when you use the diversity calculation for every domestic cooking appliance I’ve ever fitted (a lot!)

In his voicemail he said 6mm is ok - but would want to know the loading of each appliance.

I have no 6mm but I do have plenty of 10mm so might as well use it .

He also preferred 10mm for “ future expansion “ 

Edited November 16, 2023 by Pocster

[SteamyTea]

6 hours ago, Thorfun said:

2 x ovens for cooking meals in. also one child has an allergy so for some foods we need to cook separately

Here is my oven.

Can easily do 250 meals in a day, including the fussy eaters and the genuine allergy people.

 

[Mattg4321]

2 hours ago, Pocster said:

In his voicemail he said 6mm is ok - but would want to know the loading of each appliance.

I have no 6mm but I do have plenty of 10mm so might as well use it .

He also preferred 10mm for “ future expansion “ 

Nothing wrong with 10mm, but I prefer not to as it’s awkward to work with and costs more! As you have it though and it’s what your sparks wants it’s a no brainer!

 

Electric showers on the other hand I always always fit 10mm

[Thorfun]

1 hour ago, Pocster said:

In his voicemail he said 6mm is ok - but would want to know the loading of each appliance.

I have no 6mm but I do have plenty of 10mm so might as well use it .

He also preferred 10mm for “ future expansion “ 

you've really gotta go with what your sparky wants tbh. but take a look at https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/Charts/VoltageDrop.html and you can calculate the minimum cable size for the distance of cable.

[Thorfun]

44 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

Here is my oven.

Can easily do 250 meals in a day, including the fussy eaters and the genuine allergy people.

 

not really very wife friendly on appearance though

[SteamyTea]

13 minutes ago, Thorfun said:

not really very wife friendly on appearance though

There are married women that work in catering.

Though all the ones I have worked with recently are divorcees.

[Onoff]

Nothing sucks like an Electrolux.

[SteamyTea]

15 minutes ago, Onoff said:

Nothing sucks like an Electrolux.

What, not even a Goblin.

[Pocster]

1 hour ago, Thorfun said:

not really very wife friendly on appearance though

Same as @SteamyTea

[SteamyTea]

8 minutes ago, Pocster said:

Same as @SteamyTea

Your wife things I am the Bull.

[Pocster]

6 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

Your wife things I am the Bull.

Yep she does . Bull SHIT 

[Pocster]

Got the 3 10mm cables through one at a time . They are buggers ! . Still got the 2.5mm kitchen socket ring to do - but that should be easy enough I think .

[FuerteStu]

On 16/11/2023 at 12:31, Onoff said:

Also, good practice to have the cooker switch within 2m of the appliance.

And not behind it, as I often see.. How are you supposed to safely isolated it if it's on fire 🙄

[FuerteStu]

It's too late for it now. But I always take a 16mm armoured and have a separate CU In the kitchen. It's the one place that's rewired more than any others, and although it sounds expensive, it's a lot less long runs for individual circuits. 

 

 

 

 

[Pocster]

5 minutes ago, FuerteStu said:

And not behind it, as I often see.. How are you supposed to safely isolated it if it's on fire 🙄

No sweat fella !

The 10mm will run to isolators for the appliance in the cupboard above ( behind is mofo dumb )