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<blockquote data-quote="Evans Electric" data-source="post: 482621" data-attributes="member: 1408"><p>There was a long period when house electrics were "done on the cheap" .</p><p></p><p>We went to one last year with three circuits :-</p><p></p><p>1)Lights </p><p></p><p>2 )Plugs </p><p></p><p>3 )Cooker</p><p></p><p>Standards change over the years...as The Apache says ...good practice today would have them on their own circuits .</p><p></p><p>Your cooker socket could , possibly be wired in cooker cable with a socket added for the new cooker , that happens a lot .</p><p></p><p>If the cooker &amp; immersion are both on the ring main it reduces it's capacity ...if you plugged a heater in you'd be at it's limit .</p><p></p><p>What happens though is diversity &amp; time factors, Immersions &amp; cookers have stats built in which are constantly dropping in &amp; out , so they're not strictly speaking "Fixed loads"</p><p></p><p>Your immersion only kicks in when you run hot water off . </p><p></p><p>To answer your questions :-</p><p></p><p>It would be good practice to have both items on their own circuits .</p><p></p><p>If you feel like rewiring the cooker , put a 6.00mm in to allow for another cooker .But look at whats there first . </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Evans Electric, post: 482621, member: 1408"] There was a long period when house electrics were "done on the cheap" . We went to one last year with three circuits :- 1)Lights 2 )Plugs 3 )Cooker Standards change over the years...as The Apache says ...good practice today would have them on their own circuits . Your cooker socket could , possibly be wired in cooker cable with a socket added for the new cooker , that happens a lot . If the cooker & immersion are both on the ring main it reduces it's capacity ...if you plugged a heater in you'd be at it's limit . What happens though is diversity & time factors, Immersions & cookers have stats built in which are constantly dropping in & out , so they're not strictly speaking "Fixed loads" Your immersion only kicks in when you run hot water off . To answer your questions :- It would be good practice to have both items on their own circuits . If you feel like rewiring the cooker , put a 6.00mm in to allow for another cooker .But look at whats there first . [/QUOTE]
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