How to hard wire an integrated microwave to an existing cooker control unit with socket

Hi there You would need to hire an experienced electrician to assess the load and advise you although you would need to run a MAX 2.5mm cable to feed a New fused spur switch and hard wire the microwave to it. If the feed is taken from the oven circuit, the ln the load of both oven and microwave must NOT exceed the maximum wattage that the Main Cable feeds the oven stands . The standard oven wattage is 3k wats , the cable Used to feed the oven should be 2.5 max . Otherwise the feed could be taken from the cooker outlet straight away using a 2.5mm . YOU CAN'T RUN 4 OR 6 MM CABLE TO AN OTHER COOKER OUTLET TO CONNECT THE MICROWAVE TO IT . Hope this help Thank you Sparkmate electrical

Theoretically, yes, but its a clumsy way of doing it. The microwave oven will be fitted with a moulded plug and flex. If the microwave oven is installed in a tower unit, it's possibly easier to install a socket in the top of the unit above it. A hole is cut in the shelf above the mw to thread the plug and flex through. If its in a wall unit, you could install a socket on the top of the wall unit and do the same. Using the oven circuit is overkill for a 900W appliance (less than 4A) and using 6mm2 cable off the cooker control is awkward. Terminating two wires that size in one terminal is possible, but requires skill and very careful and neat wiring. Personally, I would explore adding a socket from the kitchen sockets circuit.