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Amperage of these appliances?

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I cannot find the amperage of these appliaces anywhere on the Ikea site and the electricians that are quoting me over the phone are asking me what is it. Its nowhere in the manual either. One section says to use 12 gauge copper wire only for the built -in oven? isnt 12 gauge way too small (20amps)
These are the items
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/50288589/
and
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10288690/

For the cooktop am I correct by doing the following:
2500+1800+1200+1200=6700
6700/240V=27.9A?
 
Discussion starter · #5 ·
Do you have the appliances ? If so, give the electricians the info off of the nameplate.
I do not, I am planning to buy them but I wanted to see which to buy considering our available voltage/electrical.
I have been searching the net and the standard seems to be 40amps for both the cooktops and wall ovens. Does this sound right?
 
Discussion starter · #7 ·
They do things differently in Europe. I'm not sure I would trust any specs they provided.

It would need to be a very small or under-powered oven to work on 20 amps. There are some Baker's Pride ovens that do work on a 20 amp dedicated outlet but they have a very small box and a ton of insulation.

Edit: I looked up a Whirlpool unit (Model #: W5CE3024XB) on lowes.com and it calls for a 40 amp 8 gauge copper circuit.

A single oven had this to say in the manual
If the oven does require a 30 amp circuit, am I ok just installing it on the existing 40 amp circuit?
 
Discussion starter · #8 ·
Ok so I found this online after calling ikea and getting the whirlpool model number (apparently ikea appliances are re-branded whirlpool appliances)
The rep on the phone said the cooktop needs 40amps

The model number for the wall oven is IBS350DS
The specs say it draws 15.4 amps at 240V? SO a 20 amp circuit for a wall oven? This sounds really low.
The rep on the phone said the cooktop needs 40amps
 

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Discussion starter · #14 ·
Well I had the electrician come in and install everything. he brought 240V 20 amps to the built in oven and 240V 40 amps to the cook top.
The top is working fine but the oven is not heating up.
Do I have to increase the amperage? How high can I go on the breaker safely? The wire its installed on is the existing #8 from the old stove.
Can I have him throw the old 40 amp breaker back in?