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Apologies if this is out of order, but I need some advice regarding my own personal cooker! I am replacing a cooker which is plug in which runs off 13 amp plug with something similar. my understanding is that anything under 3 KW would naturally be plug in - is that the case for sure? some on-line cookers dont indicate if they are plug in but all show the KW size. any advice appreciated apologies again but dont know where to turn!
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One for the 'sparks'.
When I first got married we had a 'baby belling' oven which plugged into a standard wall socket but would think that any oven that doesn't come with a plug fitted would need a connection to an oven outlet.
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3kW is fine for a 13A plug top Daisy. Much the same as a 'high speed' kettle. Any probs just pm me.
Rob
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zimmy wrote:3kW is fine for a 13A plug top Daisy. Much the same as a 'high speed' kettle. Any probs just pm me.
Rob
thanks Rob - thats great will go ahead now and order!! thanks so much.
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Small cookers with standard 13 amp plugs are or were fairly common in workplace staffrooms and messrooms, including site cabins at construction projects, although many have probably been replaced or supplemented over the past decade or so by microwave ovens. Also I recall seeing them on worktops in classrooms and sometimes on trolleys at primary schools for supervised use during simple baking lessons for pupils. Also, some models are described as having interlocked controls so that none of their heating elements can be used in any combination which exceeds 3kW.
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These are starting to become more commonplace. If you have a complete free standing electric cooker it's the rings that will draw the most power and subsequently that's why they are hard wired.
Quite convenient as learning this allowed me to install an extra oven last year. Very useful with a growing family.
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As an aside to the electrical gist of this topic the interiors of most small cookers and microwave ovens I’ve encountered at workplaces have been encrusted with food and drink residues and disgustingly resembled the proverbial base of a parrot’s cage which is rarely or never cleaned! The reasons for this appear to be twofold: Failure to take simple measures to prevent/minimise spattering, and the fact that it seems rare for anyone to be designated let alone equipped to carry out regular cleaning.
On a somewhat more savoury note I wouldn’t be surprised if there is some sort of club for devotees of small electric cookers. If so, perhaps it has a magazine of the sort which might feature as a guest publication on BBC TV’s comedy quiz “Have I Got News For You” (HIGNFY) and join the ranks of illustrious magazines such as “Dental Glove Update”, “Recumbent Cyclist News” and “Global Slag”. (To avoid any misunderstanding, I’d better add that the latter magazine relates to the by-product of iron & steel making and has ‘sister’ publications such as “Global Gypsum” and “Global Lime”.) Aficionados of HIGNFY need no reminding that episode 3 of series 44 is on TV tonight. :-)
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Beware of on-line retail from lesser known suppliers. Last appliance I ordered on-line came with a moulded euro-plug (contrary to UK normative plug and socket regs).
Modern preference for separate hob and cooker appliances do usually allow use of 13A plug connections, as opposed to the older dedicated cooker circuit at the consumer unit.
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If one uses diversity (cooker) you can expect a current less than 13A
Rob
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