Electric stove connection: brief instructions

Electric stove is a household appliance, the work of which is based on the conversion of electrical energy into thermal energy. It is for cooking. There is a wide variety of electric stoves manufactured by various manufacturers, including foreign ones. Therefore, when purchasing this product, make sure that you have a quality certificate.

Follow the rules

It is not recommended to make electric stoves by yourself. Any electrical appliance, including an electric stove, under certain conditions can become a source of electric shock and cause a fire. Correct connection of electric stoves to power supplies excludes these negative phenomena.

Preparatory work

Requirements that must be met before connecting:

• Choose a location for installation. The surface on which the plate is to be installed must be flat, firm, dry, horizontal. It is undesirable to find a number of water pipes and heating batteries.
• It is necessary to connect the electric stove, which will include: protective equipment (circuit breaker or fuse), a protective shutdown device (RCD 30 mA), a plug-in socket (socket) with a grounding contact, a connecting cable (necessarily copper, consisting of three cores).
• The cross-section of the conductors of the cable, the rated currents of the protective equipment actuation are calculated based on the power consumption of the electrical equipment. Energy electric stove. To perform such calculations and develop a scheme, you need to contact qualified specialists, if you are not.
• Connection of electric stoves, in view of the rather high power consumption of electricity. Energy, it is necessary to coordinate with the network organization, to e. Networks of which your object is connected (apartment, apartment house, office, etc.).
• Make installation and connection of the equipment in accordance with the electrical connection scheme. These works are performed taking into account the requirements set forth in the rules for the installation of electrical installations (PUE). Especially important here is laying the connecting cable. For example, when installing a cable over a combustible surface, the latter must be in a metal hose or cable duct made of non-flammable material, the passageways in the walls are made in steel pipes or openings.
• The room in which the electric stove is located must be equipped with a ground loop (for grounding the hob of the electric stove).

Connection procedure

Direct connection of electric cookers to the electric. Network is made only after the completion of commissioning, including:

• Measurement of insulation resistance between live parts and the hull of the electric stove;
• Measuring insulation resistance and checking the integrity of the conductors of the connecting cable;
• Measurement of the loop impedance "phase-zero";
• Measurement of the DC resistance of the ground loop.

To carry out these works it is necessary to contact specialized organizations.

The appliance must be connected by electrical personnel with an electrical safety group of at least III.

All the requirements described above must be observed without fail. Self-connection of the electric stove is not recommended.