The cooker socket in my home is the same one as shown in the image. We've lived here since 1992 and originally had a Belling all in one cooker unit which was hardwired into the cooker side of the switch via a flat grey 3-core cable. Around 7-8yrs ago we modernised the kitchen including a separate induction 7kW hob and a 3kW built in oven. I used the grey cable to wire the hob and the oven came with a normal round wire with a 3-point fused 13amp plug which i connected to the 3-point connection on the wall socket. This socket is wired to a separate 32amp breaker in the electrical box. This worked without any problems since then.
The wife has decided she wants a new oven and we chose a Bosch series 4 one rated at 2.9kW. While reading the spec on this oven I noted that it stated on the power requirements 13 Amp (Requires hardwiring to a fused spur) Now I am unsure on what that exactly means in my situation. If the socket on the wall was capable of running the old Belling cooker and has run a similar sized built in oven for the last several years I can;t see why the new oven should be any different considering it is 0.1kW less than the present one.
Can anyone tell me whether I should just wire it the same way it is or do I need to install something which fulfills the "hardwired to a fused spur" option?. THanks in advance for any advice.
