Oven, Hardwired vs Plug

No, you can’t put a 13A plug on the end of an electric oven/cooker cable and just plug it into a 13A.

Unless you really want to burn your house down.

That hardwired switch (45A rated I think) is wired directly to you house’s consumer unit because electric ranges/ovens used to draw higher currents than your ring mains were rated for.

Get a proper sparky in now.
You can, it depends entirely on the oven. Many single slide in ovens are made with plugs. You only need a special circuit if the oven needed it, for example double ovens with larger power draw, ovens with electric hobs integrated etc.

Needs a qualified electrician to fit and certify the installation. Building regs since 2005.
No. Only notifiable if installing a new circuit.
 
If anyone's interested 3kw is pretty much the maximum power draw for a plug top.

The math is watts divided by voltage equals amps so it can vary as supply ranges from 220 to 250

220 volts times 13 amps equals 2860 watts
250 volts times 13 amps equal 3250 watts

Personally I always prefer hard wired.
 
If anyone's interested 3kw is pretty much the maximum power draw for a plug top.

The math is watts divided by voltage equals amps so it can vary as supply ranges from 220 to 250

220 volts times 13 amps equals 2860 watts
250 volts times 13 amps equal 3250 watts

Personally I always prefer hard wired.
Do you also hardwire your kettle?
 
Sure its not just the element? When I used to use my kitchen oven, the element died every 1-2 years. On one occasion it blew a fuse as well.

I now use a portable oven (3000 watts. but oven itself is 2000w) or airfryer depending on what I am cooking, the portable oven works fine from the plug socket and cooks faster than the fitted kitchen oven. I am using industrial grade extension cable for it though not normal consumer one, as the plug cable length is tiny.
 
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There are loads of 13A ovens out there now. Really depends on whether you want all the Gucci features like pyrolitic cleaning etc.. if you’re just cooking oven chips a 13A plug and go oven is fine..

IIRC they’re even sold as plug and go..
 
No, you can’t put a 13A plug on the end of an electric oven/cooker cable and just plug it into a 13A.

Unless you really want to burn your house down.

That hardwired switch (45A rated I think) is wired directly to you house’s consumer unit because electric ranges/ovens used to draw higher currents than your ring mains were rated for.

Get a proper sparky in now.

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You lunatic
 
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