What size cable is used between fuse box and cooker?

Question

what size cable is used between the fuse box and an electric cooker?who what when why?

Answer 1

13 mm is the size. Don't use lighter plug cable 10mm as this will melt.

Answer 2

Over here in America we use a 50 amp breaker and number 10 gage wire with copper ground commonly known as 10/3. The thicker the wire the better. Also do not use the aluminum wire, use the copper and sleep better at night. Hay are you a cooker or an electrician. Leave that stuff to the electrical installers. This is very serious business.If that wire gets too hot during cooking then the insulation could begin to melt. Then the wires would touch and quickly ignite wooden studs in the walls before you know it instead of a burnt pot roast for dinner you will have a burnt house. Good excuse for a night out ain't it?

Answer 3

thickest you can buy, twin and earth, grey sheath,

You use this one because the cooker draws lots of power, more than any other appliance in your house. The thicker the wire the more power you can put through it.