Freestanding oven does it need a cooker point?

Best Answer

"Hi,

Your appliance came with a standard 3 pin plug socket so you are okay to use a regular socket.

Mark"

"Ideally you'd want it off the plug top and hardwired but read the manufacturers instructions."

"You can use 13A plug if the oven in up to 13Amp.
Most of the ovens are connected bu 13A plug, but you should have a socket wired into the cooker supply."

"Usually, a freestanding cooker is generally hard-wired into the blank plate already located on the kitchen wall, and the new cooker itself would need a 6mm cable size for the electrical supply. If the cooker has arrived with its own plug I suspect it's a maximum of 3kw and safe to be used on a 13amp plug."

"Hi
You can use a single plug with 3 pins if is been designed like that with no problem.
Hope this will help you"

"Yes you are ok to connect to a 13Amp socket if the oven comes with a factory fitted plug top.
Yours
William Stevenson"

"Yeh your old oven sounds like it was connected to a 45 cooker point, so the fuse rating would be a lot higher than what's required for your new cooker."

"Yes it should have some sort of isolation point maybe a cooker switch ."

"The new oven will be rated at 3kw or less as its on a standard BS rated 13amp plug top. You can plug the oven into a standard socket but it would be best practice to utilise the existing installtion and remove the old cooker outlet and replace it with a standard socket outlet. The existing mcb / fuse will protect the original cable feeding the cooker and the 13amp fuse will protect the oven."

"Use the cooker circuit to derate the circuit to 16 amp"

"Hi
Although you could plug the oven into a normal socket it would always be advisable to use a designated cooker circuit with a switch located above the worktop. That is there to switch off the oven in an emergency.
Thanks
Matt"

"Hi if it came with a plug then this tells me
that the amperage is suitable for a normal
ring or radial circuit. A lot of cooker are
now fitted 13 amp plus."