Thanks to Clarky's clear, patient, detailed descriptions, i am now able to disconnect our electric oven to replace with a gas, and save £100 connection fee! Woh, that is steep for an uncomplicated job. Will have the cooker guy install the gas, though cos that is a little complex and i don't want to risk exploding the flat.
Thank you for uploading this video, itay be a simple task for many but for those nervous of electric it is a godsend. It gave me the confidence to do it myself and saved me a fortune not phoning an electrician. Cheers.
Thank you Liam for a simple video that I can follow. Your calm voice helped reduce the stress levels of attempting this myself. Feel ready to install mine now!
It's hard to tell without seeing it, I wouldn't recommend changing the wire to a smaller one though as they need to be a certain size to deal with the power if that makes sense
Did you carry out safe isolation? E-L, E-N, N-L? Should always twist the conductors tight and consider ferrules. Always clamp the outer sheath not the inner cores. Hope you checked the Zs before connecting...thats why a sparky charges that amount. Just an obsevation.
Yeah so basically its just means its an old cable, so with the older cables the colours are black, yellow/green and red, and the newer cables the colours are brown, yellow/green, blue. Newer: Blue= Neutral Yellow/green=earth Brown = live Older: Black= Neutral Yellow/green= earth Red= live. So obviously live will connect with live and earth with go with earth etc.
Thank you so much this video was amazing and very easy to follow.... Subscribed.. Very impressed... I was able to install myself ensuring all safety measures were in place beforehand 😊😊
I have wires for the switch which are black, yellow and red. The cooker I have already has wires blue, yellow and brown, which are connected as blue-black, yellow- yellow, brown- red. My new cooker has wires black, yellow, red, the same as the switch wires. Do I connect them to the same colours?
Yeah so basically its just means its an old cable, so with the older cables the colours are black, yellow/green and red, and the newer cables the colours are brown, yellow/green and blue, Blue = neutral Yellow/green = earth Brown = live Black = neutral Yellow/green = earth Red = live Hope this helps
What country are you in? This would not pass inspection in many European countries because fine stranded wires are required to be crimped with ferrules.
I'm crapping myself, as the Red is sitting in the slot marked N & the black sits in slot marked as L, with the earth in-between. Internet searches say it should be the other way around. So i guess i should trust the wire colour, rather than what letter is on the plastic part of the junction. Should have made a note of the wiring when i removed old cooker. Concerned i'll blow new cooker up, but the trip switch should save it right? edit.. ok, i didn't die nor did the cooker.
i would probs be okay doing it but I'm to scared to disconnect then reconnect into a new property. Does anyone know how much it would cost me for that I'm in UK
Phone up some local electrictions and ask for a price, I think its anything from £80- £120 depending how much they charge. If your not confident definitely use a professional as your safety is the most important thing
I just moved in to my new place and its the same one but at each end has a black and red but i have on my cooker blue and brown so where ur blue is on top is black ur brown is it red
Yes that's correct, red is classed as the "live" cable, and the black one is classed as "neutral" so does the same as the blue coloured cable, hope this helps
You Just saved me £95, I understand an election has gotta earn, but £95 for a 10 minute job is bit steep, I've saved a fortune watching UA-cam tutorials on how to do & fix thing's you'd normally get charged a fortune for
Yes if the whole fuse box is switched off you will have no power going to any circuit in your house. I recommend switching the whole fuse box off as this is the safest way. It should say on the fuse box which one the main break switch is, or its normally a big red one. Hope this helps.
As said previously never assume ANYTHING working on mains electricity - I've seen professionals make mistakes when I had a new central heating boiler fitted the guy had turned off the wrong circuit then proceeded to cut through a 45 amp spur with a pair of pliers which was live this threw him across the room needless to say 10 minutes later paramedics were here as it had knocked him unconscious when his head hit the wall (he was OK though - very lucky escape) so always have a test probe to check wiring is live - it will light up and beep then turn off the power and use the probe again to ensure power IS OFF.
No as the could be leakage voltage to earth so all the earth conductors would be live with between 50v and 105v . Be clever and get a qualified electrician in
No it shouldn't be getting hot, its hard to tell what the problem is without actually looking at it, a picture would be really useful if you are able to take one? (Of the wires in the box) did you make sure all the connections are not loose?
To add to that comment, make sure the electric is off because a cable is obviously over heating, could be a loose connection, or the actually socket could be faulty, or the cable can't handle the power of the oven (could be old wiring which needs updating).
My new cooker has safety chains to "stop it tipping over" and I see yours has chain hoops in the wall. I don't understand what the hell could cause a cooker to tip over ?
Thanks to Clarky's clear, patient, detailed descriptions, i am now able to disconnect our electric oven to replace with a gas, and save £100 connection fee! Woh, that is steep for an uncomplicated job. Will have the cooker guy install the gas, though cos that is a little complex and i don't want to risk exploding the flat.
thank You so much for sharing this calm video with us all. Your voice makes this job easier for us who are afraid of dealing with electrics.
Thank you for uploading this video, itay be a simple task for many but for those nervous of electric it is a godsend.
It gave me the confidence to do it myself and saved me a fortune not phoning an electrician.
Cheers.
Thank you Liam for a simple video that I can follow. Your calm voice helped reduce the stress levels of attempting this myself. Feel ready to install mine now!
No problem at all!!! Just remember to switch the electric off!!! Let me know how it goes! Glad you found the video helpful.
Thank you. Please show connection on the cooker side as well. Thank you ❤
Thanks my friend it’s going to save me money and time
I am going to do it my self
Nice detailed video ..
Saved me getting someone in to do it.
Cheers !
Glad it helped you out!
@@LiamsToolbox 👍🏻
Thanks for this..❤
Hi, thank you so much for this video. Have you got a video of cooker’s side please. How you connect wire on cooker. Thanks
Hi no i haven't done one with the cooker side as they are normally already connected
Hi, must I use a connection unit.. can’t the wires go directly into the 45a dp socket ?? Thank you
Been given cooker with wire attached but trying to fit it to wall is impossible as wires are to fat, can I use my slightly thinner cooker wire instead
It's hard to tell without seeing it, I wouldn't recommend changing the wire to a smaller one though as they need to be a certain size to deal with the power if that makes sense
Can I use my old cooker cable on my new cooker
Depends what rating is the old cooker and the new one?
is there a vid on connecting wire to cooker
Did you carry out safe isolation? E-L, E-N, N-L? Should always twist the conductors tight and consider ferrules. Always clamp the outer sheath not the inner cores. Hope you checked the Zs before connecting...thats why a sparky charges that amount. Just an obsevation.
Legend @Clarky’s projects
My cooker come with blue brown yellow . but on the wall it's red, yellow , black or brown kind of colour.amy help pleace 🙂
Yeah so basically its just means its an old cable, so with the older cables the colours are black, yellow/green and red, and the newer cables the colours are brown, yellow/green, blue.
Newer:
Blue= Neutral
Yellow/green=earth
Brown = live
Older:
Black= Neutral
Yellow/green= earth
Red= live.
So obviously live will connect with live and earth with go with earth etc.
Thank you so much this video was amazing and very easy to follow.... Subscribed.. Very impressed... I was able to install myself ensuring all safety measures were in place beforehand 😊😊
Glad you found it useful! And yes well done on making sure you followed the safety measures before taking the job on.
Can you show us steps of you turning power off and how too use your tool see if power is off
Im attempting this tonight im crapping my self but ive listened and taken in
Just double and triple check all the power is off first and you'll be fine
I love this. Likewise calm voice. A little bit of Ricky Gervais but that's cool. ☺️
What do you mean Ricky Gervais 😂 😂
I was thinking more along the lines of Gareth from The Office.
I have wires for the switch which are black, yellow and red. The cooker I have already has wires blue, yellow and brown, which are connected as blue-black, yellow- yellow, brown- red. My new cooker has wires black, yellow, red, the same as the switch wires. Do I connect them to the same colours?
Yeah so basically its just means its an old cable, so with the older cables the colours are black, yellow/green and red, and the newer cables the colours are brown, yellow/green and blue,
Blue = neutral
Yellow/green = earth
Brown = live
Black = neutral
Yellow/green = earth
Red = live
Hope this helps
Lol... At least your having a go.... Well explained...
Thank about the safety assurance
Really helpful video cheers buddy
What country are you in? This would not pass inspection in many European countries because fine stranded wires are required to be crimped with ferrules.
Thank a lot 👍
Thanks alot bud, saved me £80
Nice one!
I'm crapping myself, as the Red is sitting in the slot marked N & the black sits in slot marked as L, with the earth in-between. Internet searches say it should be the other way around. So i guess i should trust the wire colour, rather than what letter is on the plastic part of the junction. Should have made a note of the wiring when i removed old cooker. Concerned i'll blow new cooker up, but the trip switch should save it right? edit.. ok, i didn't die nor did the cooker.
i would probs be okay doing it but I'm to scared to disconnect then reconnect into a new property. Does anyone know how much it would cost me for that I'm in UK
Phone up some local electrictions and ask for a price, I think its anything from £80- £120 depending how much they charge. If your not confident definitely use a professional as your safety is the most important thing
I just moved in to my new place and its the same one but at each end has a black and red but i have on my cooker blue and brown so where ur blue is on top is black ur brown is it red
Yes that's correct, red is classed as the "live" cable, and the black one is classed as "neutral" so does the same as the blue coloured cable, hope this helps
Its ok did it right first try so all good
Many thanks very helpful,
What is the cable size for 60mm electric cooker please
You need to use 10mm cable
@@LiamsToolbox wrong cooker circuit is wired in 6mm2 flat twin and earth cable the cable from the cooker to the connection unit should also be 6mm2
@@seandempsey9396bigger wires no problem as long as the terminals can take them.
How big is the cable from the cooker ?
You need to use a 10mm cable
@@LiamsToolbox 10mm straight from the oven? You sure about that? What power is the oven rated at
Thank you for this you help me a lot
No problem!
Thank you very much🙏
You Just saved me £95, I understand an election has gotta earn, but £95 for a 10 minute job is bit steep, I've saved a fortune watching UA-cam tutorials on how to do & fix thing's you'd normally get charged a fortune for
Thanks 👍
If I turn off the whole fuse box will I be 100%safe
Yes if the whole fuse box is switched off you will have no power going to any circuit in your house. I recommend switching the whole fuse box off as this is the safest way. It should say on the fuse box which one the main break switch is, or its normally a big red one. Hope this helps.
As said previously never assume ANYTHING working on mains electricity - I've seen professionals make mistakes when I had a new central heating boiler fitted the guy had turned off the wrong circuit then proceeded to cut through a 45 amp spur with a pair of pliers which was live this threw him across the room needless to say 10 minutes later paramedics were here as it had knocked him unconscious when his head hit the wall (he was OK though - very lucky escape) so always have a test probe to check wiring is live - it will light up and beep then turn off the power and use the probe again to ensure power IS OFF.
No as the could be leakage voltage to earth so all the earth conductors would be live with between 50v and 105v . Be clever and get a qualified electrician in
It's done thanks for the help
Awesome!! Glad you managed to do it!!
@@LiamsToolbox my cooker switch on the wall get really hot so I turn it off any reason why is doing that
No it shouldn't be getting hot, its hard to tell what the problem is without actually looking at it, a picture would be really useful if you are able to take one? (Of the wires in the box) did you make sure all the connections are not loose?
To add to that comment, make sure the electric is off because a cable is obviously over heating, could be a loose connection, or the actually socket could be faulty, or the cable can't handle the power of the oven (could be old wiring which needs updating).
@@LiamsToolbox yh I think I'm just gone get pro election to look at it
Every were I look no one shows from the cooker as well where to install it!
Most of them come already attached, I think that is why.
My new cooker has safety chains to "stop it tipping over" and I see yours has chain hoops in the wall. I don't understand what the hell could cause a cooker to tip over ?
A child running around and jumping, accidentally pulls it and it falls ontop of them
That's saved money thack u
What about the wires going to the cooker😢
Nice, one brv.
Thanks for this!
No problem!
Use ferrules to the wire! It is dangerous in this way :O
It is not dangerous in this way, the metal screws inside the socket holds the wires in place
@szab, silly man you are.
That's its shut off the whole dam fuse board!
U absolute legend
You gonna die 😂😂😂😂simply 😂😂😂
I ve got Just two wires from the hob. No earth. Disapointed.