How to connect an electric stove by yourself?

If you decide to purchase a new electric stove, then you do not need to spend additional funds for its installation, because it's not difficult to do it yourself. In order to avoid elementary errors and do everything correctly, you need to learn in advance the useful information and rules for installing similar household appliances. This is important, since a significant part of the new equipment is out of order already in the first month after the start of operation, precisely because of improper installation. To understand how to connect an electric stove, read this article carefully, which contains detailed installation instructions for people who do not have experience and special education in this field.

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Why is it better to prefer an electric stove?

Naturally, it is much easier to install a gas furnace, and the costs for using it are minimal, because it works on cheaper fuels than electric models. Despite this, the choice of an electric stove is considered quite justifiable for some reason:

• Plates powered by electricity are much more efficient than their gas counterparts.
• In addition, they do not give off excess heat, which means - in the heat will not have to additionally use the air conditioner.
• They do not need powerful ventilation and regular maintenance.
• Electrical appliances are less flammable than gas appliances.

Important! Electric stoves are not as dangerous to health as gas, they do not release harmful combustion products into the air and do not absorb oxygen.

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How to prepare for the installation?

To understand how to connect an electrical cooker yourself, you first need to carefully study the manufacturer's instructions and prepare well:

• Most of the models of such boards offered on the market today are designed for connection to a 220 volt network. In such cases, a copper three-core cable with a wire cross section of four millimeters is used for installation.
• In the dashboard you will have to install a special circuit breaker directly for the furnace, separately from other devices.
• It is not superfluous to purchase a device for protective shutdown, which starts to work in the event of a power failure.

Important! Here you will need the help of a specialist, because how to work with a network in the shield is not only dangerous, but not entirely legal. Only the representative of the housing department can remove the seal.

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We check the readiness of the wiring for connecting the

device. What you need to pay attention to before you connect the electric stove yourself:

1. First of all, you need to check whether the wiring can withstand new loads. If the power of your new plate is greater than that for which the wiring in your house is designed, you will have to partially replace it. In such a situation, it is better to lay a separate line so that the overall wiring is not heavily overloaded.
2. The next moment is a test of the machine's ability to work in the switchboard at more significant loads.
3. Check the presence of a residual current device or a differential automaton.

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Which circuits are used to connect the electric stoves?

The installation of the electric plate in our time can proceed as follows:

1. Connection to a single phase network. In the device itself you can find contacts with which it connects to the network. The cable that comes with the kit must have three cores so that it can be connected to a single-phase network.

Important! Remember that each vein has its own characteristic color and here the main thing is not to get confused. Blue color - vein for zero, yellow-green - ground. First we connect the ground wire, and then zero to the output.

1. Connection to two-phase networks. This method is rarely used. And here the situation is slightly different than in the first case. The cable in the set is four-wire: the phases will be the first two wires, in the third and fourth - zero and ground, respectively.

Important! First, you need to ground the cable, and then use a special jumper for zero wires to connect them.

1. Working with a three-phase network, in principle, does not differ much from the previous version, but there is a difference. The cable goes here five-core, and three of them will be phases, and the remaining two - zero and ground. And then we do everything according to the already known scheme.

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Grounding rules for electric cookers

Grounding is an important point in the installation of such household appliances. Especially it concerns the most powerful plates.

The easiest way to ground this technique is to use the existing grounding that is spreading throughout the house. To find out if your shield is connected to a common ground, you can in the Housing and Utilities. If the answer is positive, the ground wire will remain connected to the shield. Recognize it is not difficult, as a rule, it is the thickest.

If you live in a private house, you will have to make a ground connection yourself. It's easy to do:

1. You need to score three twigs in the ground near the house and connect them with a metal rod.
2. Then attach the steel wire to it and lay it in the housing.
3. Actually, a ground wire is connected to it.

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Rules and features of connecting the electric cooker

Next, we will look at how to properly connect the electric stove to the mains.

The principle for all the most popular models today, namely Zanussi, Beko, Bosch, Electrolux, Gorenje, Hansa, Indesit, Ariston,, Samsung, Greta, Hotpoint, is similar:

1. The first step is the connection of the power cable, the trip protection device and the circuit breaker. The connection must be from an independent switch that works automatically. The voltage in the machine must be higher than the consumption value of the plate.
2. Step two - install the outlet. Unfortunately, power outlets are not present in all kitchens, as they are designed specifically for the operation of the most powerful equipment. Check the quality of the available socket and whether the number of contacts in it corresponds to the number of wires.

Important! Significant features of the outlet design are as follows:

• Only a copper cable can be used to connect a new outlet.
• You can install it only on a perfectly flat and not heated surface.
• Do not place it close to the washstand, pipes, door and window openings.
• When the installation is complete, make sure that the contacts are connected correctly.

1. Step three - open the back panel. Under the small cover you will find special terminals for connecting the cable.
2. Step four - attach the cable to avoid its sudden detachment. Properly fix it with a special clamp on the body.
3. The fifth step - install copper jumpers. The connection can occur in different ways, everything will depend on the number of phases. After selecting the connection scheme, place the jumper in the special shoe and tighten each screw properly.
4. The sixth step is the wire connection on the terminal block. More often the connection scheme is located directly on the back of the plate body.

Important! Remember, first we connect the ground wire, and then the neutral wire, and at the very end the phase wires. Here it is extremely important not to confuse anything differently - the stove simply will not work.

1. Step 7 - carefully tighten the clamping screws, close the lid and tighten the bolts.
2. The eighth step - before connecting the stove to the mains, carefully check everything again. Turn on the tripping protection device and the machine, and also check if the outlet is working. Connect the device to the network.

Remember that installing an electric cooker on your own is a matter of enough trauma, so several times think well and weigh it. If you have any doubts, it is better to entrust the installation specialist.