Wiring an oven with a 13mp plug

If the new oven comes with a 13A plug then it doesn't need wall wiring, just plug it in, no electrician needed. Any single phase (domestic) oven under 2.9kW can be fitted with a 13A plug as long as the manufacturers instructions don't state otherwise. So if your new oven is under 2.9kW and doesn't come with a plug, one can be fitted by a person competent to do so (not necessarily an electrician) and it can then be plugged in. If the new oven is over 2.9kW then it would need to have its own circuit, cable size will depend entirely on the rating of the new oven and then the rating of the fuse/MCB fitted to protect it. The need for RCD protection will depend on whether or not the new cable is buried in a wall less than 50mm from the surface and does not incorporate armour or an earthed metallic screen. If the cable is surface mounted for example then RCD protection is not required and it can be fed from any existing fusebox or distribution board providing there is space. To be clear, anyone telling you that you've got to change your whole fusebox just to supply a new oven is telling porkies! If you do need an electrician remember to check their qualifications, they should be able to show you a City & Guilds certificate with at least one of these sets of numbers; 236, 2360, 2330 level 3, 2365 or 2357. If your electrician cannot show you any of these qualifications then they are not qualified and are therefore unlikely to be competent to carry out the work. Further to this is Part P (part of the building regulations), this only applies to domestic premises however, so if your oven is in a shop then Part P doesn't apply and you need not read the paragraph below. To conform with Part P (domestic only remember), any notifiable work such as adding a new circuit must be notified to your Local Authority Building Control Department, this can be done in several ways. It can be notified directly by yourself, often at a high cost, your electrician can notify it through a competent persons scheme such as Elecsa, NICEIC or Napit (there are others as well), or your electrician can notify your local building control department directly. Hope this helps with your query :)

If you have bought a higher powered oven then you will need a dedicated cooker circuit wired in 6mm cable installed from the fusebox to the kitchen. The new circuit must be installed by a registered Part P electrician as this work is notifiable to building control and must be certificated on its completion. Depending on the type of property and kitchen, it may well be that flooring needs to be lifted and walls chased out to accommodate the new wiring, a new fusebox upgrade with an RCD maybe required as well?

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