I have a gas oven which has given up the ghost and I want to replace it with an electric pyrolitic oven.
Do I need a separate circuit for the new oven, or can I put it on the normal ring main.?
The new oven says it needs a "hard wired" connection. What's that?
Best Answer
You need a separate circuit for the oven as it draws a much greater current than the normal ring main.
This site explains the load a cooker draws.
This results in a nearly 30A load which will clearly overload the regular 13A ring main.
A hard wired connection is where the connection is permanent and not through a normal plug and socket.