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Newbie Help - Hardwiring A Cooker
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<blockquote data-quote="SPECIAL LOCATION" data-source="post: 382557" data-attributes="member: 250"><p>Cookers and electric showers are the two highest power items in a typical domestic installtion..</p><p></p><p>As such they have a greater risk of causing overheating of joints, cables etc..</p><p></p><p>When I reconnect any cookers I will test the existing cable first to verify it has not been damaged by whatever was connected there before..</p><p></p><p>By the time an electrician has traveled from wherever they are based, supplied and fitted the correct cable and tested the amended wiring, verifying correct fusing for the cables etc.. </p><p></p><p>He will almost certainly have lost 1hour of his/her time that they could have been earning elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>£40 is a very reasonable price!</p><p></p><p>(unless of course they live next door and you have supplied and prepared the cable ends for him and tested the existing wiring?)</p><p></p><p>To suggest it is just a couple of minutes work is more like comparing a £40 charge to swap a light switch.</p><p></p><p>DIY swapping of light switches or sockets is very different to connecting a cooker..</p><p></p><p>On a safety level I personally I would not recommend you do it yourself based on you own declared naivety and inexperience..</p><p></p><p>If you still have to ask how to connect it when your post already shows the wiring diagram</p><p></p><p>then there is no point us adding a picture such as below to tell you where to connect the wires!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]5587[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p> :coffee</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPECIAL LOCATION, post: 382557, member: 250"] Cookers and electric showers are the two highest power items in a typical domestic installtion.. As such they have a greater risk of causing overheating of joints, cables etc.. When I reconnect any cookers I will test the existing cable first to verify it has not been damaged by whatever was connected there before.. By the time an electrician has traveled from wherever they are based, supplied and fitted the correct cable and tested the amended wiring, verifying correct fusing for the cables etc.. He will almost certainly have lost 1hour of his/her time that they could have been earning elsewhere. £40 is a very reasonable price! (unless of course they live next door and you have supplied and prepared the cable ends for him and tested the existing wiring?) To suggest it is just a couple of minutes work is more like comparing a £40 charge to swap a light switch. DIY swapping of light switches or sockets is very different to connecting a cooker.. On a safety level I personally I would not recommend you do it yourself based on you own declared naivety and inexperience.. If you still have to ask how to connect it when your post already shows the wiring diagram then there is no point us adding a picture such as below to tell you where to connect the wires! [ATTACH]5587._xfImport[/ATTACH] :coffee [/QUOTE]
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