Non Boaty - Electric

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I am the chairman for our local Sea Cadet Unit, we have funds to refurbish our Galley, we hope to offer our Unit and others week end camps etc - probably for about 40 - 50 cadets/staff.

My question is - I want to install two domestic cookers side by side to give us the overall cooking ability, can we wire up the cookers separately but to work together - if you see what I mean. The wiring will be into a consumer unit especially for the Galley area


Thanks for any advice



David
 
Why would you want to is the question I would ask, just run two cables to two switches, one for each cooker, then to the distribution box, also safer.
 
Re: Non Boaty - Electric. Gloomy reply

Major electrical work, which includes just about anything to do with kitchens and bathrooms, now has to be fitted by a qualified electrician.

I would also think that any facility to do with children would also require safety certification - even if it doesn't you have a moral obligation to have it all done as well as possible.

Worst case scenario - do you feel you could stand in front of a coroner and justify everything you have done? As an outdoor activity instructor, this is what I keep in mind ALL the time.
 
When you say "work together" are you querying whether you can run both cookers at the same time? Generally, this should be possible, but it would depend on the consumer unit and suppy capacity amongst other things.

I endorse the above comments. You need to get the installation work performed and tested by a suitably qualified person. Given the nature of the facility, periodic inspection and re-test should be undertaken.
 
Many thanks to those who have replied so promptly. My question was probably wrongly phrased - blame me !

Obviously ANY electrical work will be be done by an authorised electrician working to all H&S regulations etc. At the moment we are still in the planning stage and I was interested in whether or not it is feasible in any way to use two cookers at the same time without blowing the whole circuit up!

regards


David
 
It will depend on the power consumption of the cookers, the fuse rating at the distribution board and the size of cable used to supply the cooker.
 
I don't know why people get so patronising about electrical matters.

In answer to the OP's question, the installation is almost certainly feasible if correctly wired. Many domestic cookers are actually <3kW so can be fed from a 32A ring circuit. However, even if you have a cooker rated at (say) 10kW, the maximum current will be <45A (diversity may apply but this should be discussed with your electrician). A consumer unit will typically have a 80A-100A main breaker so two feeds of up to 45A each should be OK. You may need to check the power rating of the circuit supplying the CU. It's probably not fed directly from a dedicated incomer (electricity supplier cable) so you may be restricted by the capacity of the incomer fuse if there are substantial loads elsewhere in the building.
 
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