Thread: What does 'wired-in' mean?
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Old 26-02-2008, 07:32   #11
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Re: What does 'wired-in' mean?
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Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey View Post
..but I've seen a fair few that have plugs on them...

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Isn't about 3kw about 13amps so 1.5 kw should be fine?
I wouldn't risk it.

When you have seen a cooker switch and socket next to it, the two are totally seperate entities each(the switch does not control the socket), the switch will be a DPST(double pole single throw) type which means that it cuts off both the live and neatral supply, there is normally then a cable taken from the switch to a junction box on the wall behind where the cooker would sit to allow for the cooker to be wired in.

The important thing here is that the switch isolates both sides of the supply and not just the live(as in the case of a normal plug socket), electrical regulations have been made that stat that a cooker must have this kind of isolation. If you go against this and wire it in a non-regulation way, you're leaving yourself open to prosecution under Part P of the building regulations(amongst others).
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