economy

  1. uksparks

    Economy 7

    Hi, I need to put 4 storage heaters in for a customer... Its having a new board, thats separate to the storage heater board (only 4 heaters, so a small cu) See photo below of setup at present. Ill be honest, I have only ever change boards and setups that exist. They said EDF will not fit...
  2. F

    Economy 7 Testing

    OK, I've done a search for the above on the forum and I don't really think a definitive answer has been given, so I pose the question for discussion; how would you carry out live tests on an economy 7 circuit where you cannot gain night access? I pose the following: 1) For non RCD protected E7...
  3. Dan

    Politics and Economy Discussion

    Discuss politics and the economy in this forum area.
  4. albi

    Economy 7

    Has any one come across economy 7 meter with only 1 set of meter tails feeding a CU. At the CU they have fitted a time clock on the storage heater circuits but the rest of the circuits are feed normally. Any thoughts are welcome as I can not see how this would work, as every one I have worked on...
  5. N

    Wot No Economy 7

    What in your esteemed experiences are the *typical* reasons why a DNO's Economy 7 timeswitch might not be switching? The witching hour comes and goes, others adjacent get their lovely lovely cheap leccy, yet on the offending installation the incoming tails on the Economy 7 board remain...
  6. H

    Eco 7 teleswitch

    Working on storage heaters and seem to be getting a 100v reading from teleswitch when economy hours are not on.... Any reason for this? Possible causes?
    • highspark
    • Thread
    • circuits eco economy heater storage switch voltage
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. D

    Economy 10 hot water

    Hi folks, I'm looking for a bit of advice! I'm doing an install of electric radiators & hot water cylinder which has 2 immersion heaters. Am I right in thinking that the top immersion will act as a boost as usual perhaps of an E30 electrisaver time switch & the bottom immersion to be timed to...
  8. S

    Economy 2000

    Good evening folks Is anyone familiar with the Economy 2000 tariff used for electrical boilers? I've been asked to price an installation with this set up but haven't come across it before. My main question is does the whole installation run on the same tariff? Obviously this makes a difference...
  9. i=p/u

    Electric heaters to replace 0ld economy 7 muc.

    Have a homer to replace old Eco 7 heaters , do you guys know any suitable replacements , they want te be instant heat so don't know weather blow heaters will be two much of a dry heat. we used new dimplex ones in a bus station recently which were I think 1.5kw which wansnt bad for the size and...
  10. T

    Economy 7 10mm tail

    My head is hurting form trying to work out economy 7! I have a photo of an installation I'm going to do some work on, but annoyingly I can't seem to attach it. There are 2 live and 2 neutrals coming from the supplier's cut out...one live goes to regular meter, other to economy 7 meter. A live...
  11. M

    Horstmann quartz economy 7 water heater problems

    Hi all, am new here. Would like some advice before contacting an electrician (again) We have an e7 meter, we have had a new immerser fitted and a new electricity meter. The off peak was showing constantly and the only way to put boost on was to change the time to about 5am then change it back...
    • markyd23
    • Thread
    • economy economy 7 heater horstmann problems water
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  12. C

    Economy 7 question

    Evening all. I have been asked to price some flats for an architect. Have sat down with him and the client to go through drawings etc. The flats are going to be on economy 7 tariff with storage heaters and immersion for hot water. Not to familiar with economy 7 meters but the architect has told...
    • Chris sparky
    • Thread
    • economy economy 7 question
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  13. F

    Immersion heater and Economy 7 switches getting hot

    I have 2 switches that control my hot water, one is an Economy 7 switch the other a standard immersion heater switch. I have recently noticed that both of these switches become really hot to the touch if they are left on for about half an hour. I had noticed them become slighly warm before...
    • fawcettspython
    • Thread
    • checked economy economy 7 fused getting heater immersion immersion heater switch switches
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  14. H

    Economy 7 - Tariff Details and Specification

    Hi all, apologies for not contributing recently. I have to qualify this by saying that this is more of a thought exercise as I'm having a few issues trying to visualise what is in effect, but I'll start with a question. A friend of mine is on an E7 tariff w/ the supply to the FCU's feeding the...
  15. infinity

    Immersun & Economy 7

    Has any one installed an immersun alongside an economy 7 and found a way to tie the two in together? We installed one saturday, well 3 in the same street with similar setups. All on economy 7 with an immersion midway up the tank. Obviously when the E7 is on it will heat the water up...
  16. K

    The false economy of buying crap accessories....

    This is pretty obvious, I guess, but I need to get it out there .... I'm doing a rewire on a small house at the mo and trying to keep costs low, so I purchase an attractively priced pack of Rose/pendant sets from a well known large UK retailer. Fine. This plus a small margin will keep things...
    • KingKenny
    • Thread
    • accessories buying economy false
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. D

    Replacing 2 DBs with one... Economy 7...

    Hi chaps, Been thinking of upgrading one of my DBs (both 15th Ed), partly for safety and to make the place more attractive to a buyer, partly to use as an assessment piece for ELECSA. Currently got an economy 7 supply and 2 DBs, one 4-way for the immersion and 3 storage heaters, the other...
  18. N

    Proving dead & safe iso on Economy 7

    Interested to hear people's thoughts on best practice for proving dead and achieving safe isolation on an Economy 7 board - the problem being, (unless you work 0000-0700 GMT :wink5:) the Economy 7 supply is unenergised. So 'proving' your means of isolation achieves dead actually proves nothing...
    • NickD
    • Thread
    • dead economy economy 7 proving safe
    • Replies: 67
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. E

    Economy 7 sangamo controls

    Evening all, came across this tonight. 1 flex enters timer from economy 7 spur and 2 flex come out and connect to one immersion heater. The immersion heater has 2 stats inside... Never seen anything like it. Im looking to replace timer but don't want to get the wrong one. has anyone come...
  20. E

    Sangammo quartz economy 7 timer

    Evening all, Went to a job tonight and had a look at one of these economy 7!timers. Never seen anything like it. Then 2 cable came out of the timer an went into ONE immersion element. Opened the element and found it had two stats
    • egginyourface
    • Thread
    • economy economy 7 timer
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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