Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 18, 2010 10:32 pm Hi All, Just got my drawings from H3nl3y which has our variation to move to a wall oven/microwave combo in a Montery Q2. The electrical drawings show a double power point in the microwave cavity for both wo and mw. This looks bad to me.. For starters shouldn't the oven be on it's own circuit back to the switchbox? Shouldn't it be on a higher amp circuit instead of your standard GPO? Do they actually "plug" in ovens or hard wire them? Any rules around this? Any ideas? Thanks Building in Stage 12B Alamanda Estate Site Start 19/3/10 Re: Electrical question - Connection of Oven 2Jan 19, 2010 7:46 am Wall ovens are on high amperage separate circuit....electric hotpates can be plugged in. mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Electrical question - Connection of Oven 3Jan 19, 2010 7:57 am We actually had a power point installed where the oven was to go - and the oven itself came with a plug attached. The electrician installing the appliances removed the power point and the plug and hardwired the oven. I suspect the power point was only there for safety purposes until the oven went in, rather than leaving potentially live flex hanging out of the wall... especially since our appliances went in a few days after handover. It still shouldn't be a shared power point with your microwave.... Check with your builder. I'm sure they're across it. Re: Electrical question - Connection of Oven 4Jan 19, 2010 8:02 am Our electrical plan in our contract from H3nl3y does not show a connection for the oven at all, however, one has been provided in reality, on its own circuit from the distribution board. A double GPO and a light has been provided in the roof cavity that is not in the plan either. We asked for a separate circuit for our stove top, specifying what capacity and that is marked on the electrical plan. Perhaps you should bring this up with your administrative contact before signing the contract to be sure. Do ensure that the height of external flood lights is specified in the plan. We didn't, and the lights have been mounted much lower than we expected, not much above eye level for me. Pfiff Finally making progress again, with a clothesline (yippee) and some much needed little things being attended to over the holidays. 40 C on New Year's eve? We love our a/c! Re: Electrical question - Connection of Oven 5Jan 19, 2010 8:33 am lfc5cups, Are you sure that the DGPO is there for the Microwave Oven AND Wall Oven. Most likely it is there for the Microwave. The Wall Oven should be hard wired. Re: Electrical question - Connection of Oven 6Jan 19, 2010 8:37 am Fiffaro Do ensure that the height of external flood lights is specified in the plan. We didn't, and the lights have been mounted much lower than we expected, not much above eye level for me. Ours too. I'm short and I would still hit my head coming out of the laundry door. In comparison, the heater control is placed high and I need to stretch to read it. Re: Electrical question - Connection of Oven 7Jan 19, 2010 8:38 am Just found a post from Strumer (a kitchen designer on this forum) wall ovens are on a 15A circuit balance of house is 10A (?) mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Electrical question - Connection of Oven 8Jan 19, 2010 6:48 pm g'day a wall oven ALWAYS has a seperate circuit.. BUT in saying that in theory it COULD share a seperate circuit with a microwave as long as the cable can carry enough current for a micro AND an oven.. but i have never seen this before or have never heard of a wiring system like this. unless it was a combination oven microwave An oven can be either plug-in or hard wired. it doesnt matter.. its the electricians choice. either way doesnt effect the oven what so ever. the only reason why i could see some sparkies installing a gpo for an oven is so the electrician can finish their fit-off, have the house powerd up, and the bill in and not have to worry about returning 2 weeks down the track to install an oven, that may only take 10 mins. they can leave this anoying, REGULAR, occurance to the builder ti install.. lets face it an oven is the simplist thing to install 4 screws DONE .. and more often than not you get there two weeks later to install said oven and the cabnet make hasnt made the opening the correct width. hope that helped Electrical - Automation - Smart wiring - New homes - Commercial - Data cabling] 1300 050 315 www.cenemelectrical.com.au www.facebook.com/cenemelectrical Re: Electrical question - Connection of Oven 9Jan 19, 2010 7:33 pm Maybe a Stupid question but you sure its not a gas oven ? some times Gas can require a power point to run things like the clock. 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