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Safe to have oven powered via hob?
Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.49 PM
Upon researching measurements to replace my electric hob with an induction one, I found that my oven's power cable is connected to the hob, which is then wired to the Cooker Control Switch. (45a switch - hob - oven) Is this considered ok and safe? If i get a new induction hob, can the oven still be connected to the hob? Or should i have a dual connection unit put in? So the cooker and hob both feed to that, and then to the Cooker switch. (45a switch - connection unit = 1 oven 1 hob) Just want to confirm whether I NEED to get an electrician out to sort the wiring, or if I can just replace the hob keeping the wiring the way it is (oven connected via hob) and still be safe and up to regs. I've confirmed that the 45a switch and 40a on board can handle the load - I just need to confirm whether the oven can stay wired to the hob, or needs to be seperated by either wired directly to the switch, or via a dual connection unit
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