[%] Are these
"cooker"s? I'm talking about the thing that produces
heat for preparing food in a kitchen. Often bundled into the same
appliance as an oven; indeed, without an oven there's a tendency to
call them something other than stoves - `hotplate' is the word that
comes to mind, though IMO that usage is a bit of a misnomer.
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/r/cookers/0_0_0/
assuming it will show you out side English speaking East Pondia...
must be hard wired...
I disagree (as did sevearl electricans and electrical engineners I
checked with). While you obviously can't connect a cooker needing perhaps
30A or more to a normal 13A socket, there is no reason you cna't plug one
into a 32A (or 53A) BS4343 (or whateer the CEN number is) cosket,
assuming it's protected by a suitable circuit breaker.
-tony