Right so I rang BEKO and spoke with the tec dep and asked what cable to use, they checked and I was told 2.5 mm , ok but it the manual page 12 it says 6mm----- OH HUMMMM will have to speak with my superiors I will come straight back to you.
Oh that cooker has got to be wired 6mm, why then does it say 2.5 in the specs--------- URM there must be an issue with the manual, we didn't know about.
but there is another manual that only says 2.5 for the same 9.9 kw usage ----- oh we will have to look into it, and come back to you.
Beko should be now organising a national publicity campaign to highlight the errors in their manuals.
So maybe I wasn't quite so wrong, as I was beginning to think I was.
unfortunately it may be too late if someone is killed due to their shoddy instructions causing a fire, if it hasn't already happened somewhereAnother Important Update
Spoke with Beko technical this morning, they rang , regarding the wiring specs of the cooker dc643, they confirmed that it, and ALL OF THEIR, free standing cookers in their range, should be wired in 6mm and they are now amending all the tech manual specs to confirm this!!
------------OR SO THEY SAY!!
So maybe I wasn't quite so wrong, as I was beginning to think I was.
Was the cpc a ring also?
What results did the ring cupirxuit tests reveal?
Is the ring complete & correct?
When were the last mods done?
Looks like a lot of non-compliances with BS7671 there.
I would agree there!!Looks like a lot of non-compliances with BS7671 there.
Well went to sister in laws today, as weather wasshinot good, so I had a little time to spare so moved the cupboard and removed cover to have a look at CU well I could not believe it, have a look for yourself, this is the total amount of wiring for a 4 bed detached house with 2 living rooms, kitchen and 3 outside dog kennels with power, etc etc
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That is what I have planned for my cu i am going to use separate rcbo's throughout.I deliberately wired the lights so that rooms next to each other are on different circuits and the light by the CU is on it's own RCBO, so that when a bulb blows and trips a circuit the next room will still have working lights. It makes it very easy to go and reset the RCBO that's tripped.
Yep the auto safety light remains charged off the mains then auto switches on when the mains go down and lights the kitchen and the CUNorm: perhaps stick a non maintained emergency light beside the CU?
That is what I have planned for my cu i am going to use separate rcbo's throughout.
I am fed up with nuisance tripping
I was fed up with nuisance tripping as well so that's why my lighting is now on RCBO's but I couldn't really justify the cost of 12 of them at 20 quid each so it seemed like a good compromise, at least now when a bulb blows I doesn't take down my computers or my server that runs 24/7 but I do plan to get that on a UPS to protect it and so it can stay up when we have a power cut whilst I switch over to the generator. So far this year we've had 5 power cuts and it's only the 15th of Jan
not bad 5 power cuts in 15 days by the sound of that you need a big genny and scrap the mains