Electrical — Appliances
Hob, oven, microwave, washing machine, dishwasher: each needs its own circuit at the consumer unit. Installing one means creating or checking that supply — not merely sliding the appliance into its cabinet.
Standard
One dedicated circuit per large appliance
Hob
32 A, 6 mm² cable, sometimes three-phase
Area
Paris 6th, 7th, 14th, 15th, 16th
Five appliances, five different requirements.
The most demanding: up to 7 kW on single phase, which means a 32 A way in 6 mm² cable and a dedicated connection box. Many older kitchens have only 16 A — and that is where the work begins.
A dedicated 20 A circuit in 2.5 mm² cable. Oven and hob never share a line, even when sold as a single unit.
It lives on the kitchen socket circuit, but a microwave built into a tall unit often deserves a socket of its own, reachable without dismantling the cabinet.
A dedicated 20 A circuit and an earthed socket are required. In a bathroom, its position must respect the safety zones — a washing machine under a basin is not always possible.
A dedicated 20 A circuit as well. The classic pitfall is a socket placed behind the appliance, out of reach: I move it into the neighbouring cabinet, so it can be unplugged without pulling everything out.
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Consumer units · Ceramic kiln installation · Fault-finding and electrical repairs · Switch replacement · Socket replacement · New sockets · Bringing wiring up to standard · Recessed spotlight installation · Recessed spotlight replacement · Appliance installation · Appliance connection · Lamps and light fittings · Doorbells · Radiator and towel rail installation · Radiator and towel rail replacement
From the workshop's other trades
Kitchen worktops · Washing machine and dishwasher connection
It is not excessive zeal on the part of the rule-makers: two large appliances on the same line trip the breaker as soon as they start together, and above all the cable heats up. A separate way per appliance costs a few tens of euros in cable at the time of fitting, and spares redoing everything two years later.
Five arrondissements — the Left Bank, and the 16th just across the river — covered neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Each arrondissement has its own page, as does each neighbourhood.
Paris 6th Luxembourg · Rue de Rennes · Saint Sulpice · Mabillon · Raspail · Notre Dame des Champs · Odéon · Montparnasse · Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Paris 7th Champ-de-Mars · La Tour-Maubourg · Saint-François-Xavier · Rue du Bac · Saint-Germain · Solférino · Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin · Invalides · Ecole Militaire · Gros Caillou
Paris 14th Brune · Didot · Montsouris · Denfert Rochereau · Mouton Duvernet · Plaisance · Pernety · Montparnasse · Alésia
Paris 15th Necker · Saint Lambert · Vaugirard · Croix Nivert · Lecourbe · Convention · Commerce · Javel · Beaugrenelle · Grenelle
Paris 16th Trocadéro · Passy · Auteuil · La Muette · Victor Hugo · Porte Dauphine · Chaillot · Ranelagh · Exelmans · Porte de Saint-Cloud
Beyond these five arrondissements: elsewhere in Paris and the Île-de-France, depending on the project.
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