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To split or not to split

Posted by Martin cook, on Mon 05 Sep 2016 09:21pm

Hi all, I have an existing 32 amp cooker circuit but have purchased two 16 amp ovens to replace my old double oven. I had an electrician come round and he said he would have to rewire the entire circuit and couldn't just split it? The new ovens will be located right next to each other and where the old oven was originally wired in. This doesn't seem right to me, my question is; is it possible to split the existing 32 amp circuit into two 16amp circuits and if so how would it be done, how long would it take to do and how much would the parts cost? Many thanks, Martin

Marcus Payne

Tue 06 Sep 2016 02:48pm

The 32 amp breaker protecting the cable feeding the existing cooker circuit is protecting the 6 mm cable not the appliances, this could be split at the oven end and wired with 4 mm cable into two separate 20 amp double pole switches. the ovens will have their own protection built in.

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