Stickybloke
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Quick question about wiring a cooker terminal block. Just had new cooker delivered which the installer fitted for me. Switched it on, set the clock (the only load at this point - no oven on) and after about 2 minutes sat there the RCD tripped (whole house off). Reset, powered on again, reset the clock and it tripped again.
The Cooker was connected to a new point that was fitted a few days ago by our electrician. I say new, the wiring has been in place for years however he had fitted a new Isolator switch box and double socket.
To get to the point (!) the installer left the cooker disconnected and I took look at the terminal block after he’d gone. The picture below is from the installation manual; the live should be connected to terminal 3 with shorting links 1-2 and 2-3. The installer had actually fitted the live cable to terminal 1 (I’ve drawn the line in). The shorting links were correct.
My question is then does it actually make a difference if the Live is connected to 1 or 3? I’ll get my electrician in to sort it out but I don’t want to call him out if it’s just something this simple.
This is the panel after I reconnected the Live to the correct terminal:
The Cooker was connected to a new point that was fitted a few days ago by our electrician. I say new, the wiring has been in place for years however he had fitted a new Isolator switch box and double socket.
To get to the point (!) the installer left the cooker disconnected and I took look at the terminal block after he’d gone. The picture below is from the installation manual; the live should be connected to terminal 3 with shorting links 1-2 and 2-3. The installer had actually fitted the live cable to terminal 1 (I’ve drawn the line in). The shorting links were correct.
My question is then does it actually make a difference if the Live is connected to 1 or 3? I’ll get my electrician in to sort it out but I don’t want to call him out if it’s just something this simple.
![BB09-FB79-48-AE-43-F7-A0-E7-19-E0-EBBE46-EB.jpg.b0121876e0b3a6fdc786edf5ad620a2e.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/006/006d490b04d395993c62c5bc551d79ae.jpg)
This is the panel after I reconnected the Live to the correct terminal:
![389-DD59-F-D495-44-E3-BF35-B8-D815-A21-CA8.jpg.36f6f3ae39b650448c7d6cc1417a540c.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/1c1/1c1e280e9f4ce2860c080bcd505f9b33.jpg)