Connecting an Electric cooker (sparky advice please)

[arknor]

Thats correct right? and I would use 6mm T&E cable for a cooker that has a 9.9KW total power consumption ?
BTW is there supposed to be a second set of screw terminals inside that connection box? or just the one set as shown on the picture?



and as long as every switch on that box is set to OFF I'm not going to kill myself right?.

It's either do it myself or pay someone £50-65 for a 5minute job, I would rather do it myself as long as I'm safe in the knowledge I'm doing it right

 

[arknor]

With the greatest of respect, if you are asking/checking which wire is live/neutral/earth, I think it would really be in your best interest to get a spark to do it for you. IMVHO of course, and no offence meant

Just double checking its all right in the box and thats the order you would expect to find the cables

 

[arknor]

I love how were not allowed to give medical advice, but when it comes to burning houses down its a free for all

You are not required to have an electrician connect an electric cooker to an existing cooker socket nor does it require actually seeing a person to make a diagnosis and offer advice.

In reality asking for someone to double check your doing it right with a simple electric task is not really any different from asking for DIY advice or mechanical advice with your car

Where does it stop?

Surely it stops where the goverment requires by law that an electrician must certify the work and provide a certificate ?

 

[arknor]

Is that right, I'll have to look that up, I always thought it was.

Btw OP, if you don't post again we'll know what happened

lol havent even ordered a cooker yet

 

[arknor]

I would buy a cheep meter and just check its dead before getting my fingers in there. I've been caught out once too often by things that are supposed to be dead but turn out not to be.
The rest of what you say is correct afaik.

would a non contact voltage pen be up to the task as long as I confirm the pen actually works on another cable and then double check the pen is still working again before I touch any wires ?

 

[arknor]

What the hell oven you got?
9.9kw

Edit: Arknor- not sure if serious

It's an electric cooker.
Hobs
Front left (kW) 1.7 kW
Front right (kW) 1.2 kW
Rear left (kW) 1.2 kW
Rear right (kW) 1.7 kW
Grill
Grill Power (kW) 2.0 kW
Main oven
Fan oven element (kW) 1.8kW

= 9.6
Not sure where the other 300watt is hiding but the manual says 9.9

Is 6mm cable sufficient for a 9.9kw applience? I would have thought it would have needed 10mm ?

Depends how long the cable is?

every single part of the cooker wont ever be turned on anyway maybe 2 hobs+ main oven at most

so about 4.7kw max usage from me

ZG002

Are you an actual electrician ?

All the way from sunderland for £25 seems kinda cheap

 

[arknor]

Okay, I will just pay someone and lose man point's
I did buy a hammer drill from argos earlier though to fit some curtain rails I guess that will make up for it and give me that DIY buzz.

No risk of cables in the ceiling around a window frame surely

Btw I found this when researching on teh interweb lol

 

[arknor]

No no your advice is sound, you are of course correct about the isolating. Even with a recent inspection (Do you own the property arknor?) you can't trust others work and should always check make sure a circuit is dead.

no I split with my wife ages ago but we stayed living together and I'm finally moving out into a forever alone flat

 

[arknor]

If he needs me to I will lol, I could defo do with the money at the moment. I'm thinking about trying to start up on my own but I just don't have the money and the client base.

If you did it could you issue me with a Minor works electrical installation certificate or whatever to say it was installed by a proper electrician in case I ever need to get it repaired under warranty ?
apparently warranties are void unless you get someone proper to install it, same for insurance claims it it burns the place down