Wiring up new cooker - never done it before

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Doggychops

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I have installed a new electric and am quite keen to wire it up myself. I've never done anything like that before but I'm convinced it's easy and I'm reluctant to fork out to have an electrician do it in five minutes flat. I'm presuming all that needs to be done is kill the power at the main fuse box and basically attach the wires to their designated place at the back of the cooker. One of the things I'm worried about though is protecting the wire from any heat that the cooker may give off. Does anyone have any advice or tips?
 
Its simple enough when ya know how, back of cooker is insulated inside, so no worries about heat. An electrician would probably do it for 50 euro cash, then you'd have full piece of mind... Any loose connection or over tightening of the connections could turn it into a fire hazard..
 
Doggychops said:
..I'm presuming all that needs to be done is kill the power at the main fuse box and basically attach the wires to their designated place at the back of the cooker. ..
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That's it in a nutshell.
I've done several at this stage and never had a problem. Make sure the connections are well tightened but not so much that it's nearly cutting the wire, and while you have the screwdriver out, have a look as the isolating switch on the wall - I've had problems with electricians leaving the wires loose there a couple of times now, to the extent that I now check it out as soon as I move in.
 
I have a feeling that stronger cabling should be used for connecting up a cooker rather than the standard cabling used for ordinary sockets.

I can .... of course .... stand to be corrected! ;-)
 
The best advice you will get is to get an electrician to do this properly.

Cookers need their own 35A supply from the consumer unit.

You will invalidate your house insurance by meddling with electricity. Worse, you could kill yourself or other people.

SSE
 
PaddyBloggit said:
I have a feeling that stronger cabling should be used for connecting up a cooker rather than the standard cabling used for ordinary sockets.

I can .... of course .... stand to be corrected! ;-)
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Yep, 6mm square for a cooker, 2.5mm square for a socket..

But the tails for the cooker should be there already..
 
If you were ill you would go to a doctor.............
 
you need a electrician to put in a socket and wire. fitting this wire to the cooker is very easy.
 
Willowchase said:
Have done this several times. It's easier than changing a plug.



This is not the case.
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Good luck with progressing your claim for a fire when you can't produce a valid completion certificate, you have of course invalidated the original one. Did you check the Earth etc.?

IMHO It should be illegal for amateurs to do any non-trivial electrical work, like it is with gas in the UK.

I'm not a sparks either, but the son of one. Some of the things I've seen people do are shocking. Badumtish.

SSE
 
When the house was wired originaly a complection certificate was issued for this wiring. By doing this work yourself you are invalidating the certificate and the electrician who wired the house is no longer liable for anything that goes wrong. Explain that if something goes wrong like a fire or a member of your family gets a shock or worse is killed to the insurance company.
 
I don't mind people doing DIY but electricity is another matter even if it is easier than changing a plug there is a big difference, a plug definitely has no power. Cookers and electric showers have special rules/cables/volts and switches as they are very powerful and dangerous.
 
A good sparks will connect it correctly and also test the circuit for safety,he will also cover the job on his insurance,you get more than just a quick connection when you use proper tradesmen.
 
When saying it is easier than changing a plug I am assuming that the basic cooker point etc. is already installed and that this is a straight replacement for an existing electric cooker. If not Doggychops should definitely employ an electrician.
 
Thank you all for your advice. I'm sure most of you will be relieved to hear I got a qualified certified electrician in to do it. There were bits about the job that made me nervous and it's usually best to follow your gut. He did it for the very reasonable rate (I thought) of €45.
 

A complete steal at the price. Is he from Dublin cause I need some recess lighting put in.
 
This is his website [broken link removed]

He's based in Meath/North Dublin but I think if he's in Dublin he doesn't mind moving around. Good luck with the lighting.
 
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