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  1. V

    3 phase immersion heaters in star (no N) or delta

    Hi all Been to a micro brewery today . They have 2 water boilers with 3 phase immersion heaters in them (ie 3 x elements) Originally they were wired to run single phase will all the lives and neutrals linked out and a 32A single phase supply connected to them. Now they are wired in a star...
  2. S

    Hot Water cylinder and 2x immersion heaters

    Apprentice electrician (coming towards the end of my 1st year) here and looking for some help and understanding. I have moved into my flat and I have both a normal CU running 24/7 and an off peak CU. The flat has no gas and all electric. I have a hot water cylinder which has 2 immersion...
  3. S

    Installing 2x 9.5kw Red ring water heaters

    hi guys Went to have a look at a job to today where the customer is wanting two 9.5kw water heaters replacing for both the sink in the bathroom and the kitchen sink. The property is a one bed flat with no gas supply hence the reason for the water heaters. The property is supplied from a 60amp...
  4. TonyJohnson

    How many electric wall heaters can you have??

    A domestic property with no gas supply so we are looking at wall heaters.. 80Amp Bullett, 100A main switch to 80AMP/30Ma RCD to 50A Cooker 40A Shower 32Amp Full house ring 20Amp Emersion 6Amp Up lights 6Amp down lioghts Using a 3KW/13AMP wall heater as a sample and fitting them on individual...
  5. exdevonboy

    Advice on old Timer/Programmer for Electric Heaters please

    Hi, I have been asked to replace some old electric panel heaters with some new Electric radiators. I have found an old programmer/timer on the Kitchen wall for the old heaters. All the old heaters are on their own circuits in the CU but there is also a seperate fuse/circuit for the old...
  6. Retroelectric

    Ficher Storage Heaters

    Hi all. Does anyone know anything about Fischer Storage Heaters? Someone asked me if a quote from them seemed ok, its to remove 2 Storage heaters and install 4 of these heaters in a top floor flat and it came to £6000+VAT. Obviously haven't seen the job, have been told loft is empty so access...
  7. M

    Two storage heaters and supply.

    Hi. I am planning to fit two storage heaters - 2.55kW and 3.4 kW. They will be feeded from two 2.5 mm2 T&E cable from CU, just before connected via DP 20A switch. Will it be good to mount at CU timer like that: 2 Channel 16A Weekly Digital Time Switch with Key EG005 | CEF -...
  8. hazymat

    Why are 2x 2kw heaters not blowing the fuse?

    I've set up a workroom in our building site, but because there are walls missing in the basement it's ruddy freezing. So I'm going to burn some energy whilst I work here in the evenings. I'm about to tell you that I'm breaking every rule in the book, and you're about to tell me to stop behaving...
  9. A

    Osily ceramic core heaters

    I recently got these installed and dumped the instructions by accident for setting up etc. I seem to use alot of electric as I have them set to 18 degrees so they maintain that temp all the time. Does anyone know where I can get a user manual to re asses the set up? My sparky is a nightmare at...
  10. kingeri

    Replacing storage heaters with panel heaters

    Got a job coming up replacing 3 old storage heaters with panel heaters. Customer is coming off E7. Had a look today and was expecting the usual 3 x 16A MCBs, but found that all 3 heaters are on a single 6mm^2 circuit. There is an 850W unit, a 2.55kW and a 3.4kW one sitting on a 32A MCB. I have...
  11. kingeri

    Reused shower cable (for heaters)

    I was called out yesterday to a house to have a look at a wall mounted heater in a bedroom that had stopped working. Had a quick look, and noticed that the heater was controlled by a 20A DP switch. No FCU. In the CU, it was on a 32A MCB. Upon further investigation, I found that there were...
  12. C

    Old economy 7 heaters

    Hello guys I need to replace a load of storage heaters for the modern oil wall heaters, i need to do away with the economy 7 side as client want the new heaters on a standard 24hr tariff . It looks like a simple swapping out the economy 7 circuit and wiring it into the standard tarrif DB. My...
  13. C

    Changing storage heaters to electric radiators

    I've been asked to remove two storage heater and replace them for electric radiators. The storage heaters are on their own dedicated circuits protected by 16A mcb. There is no RCD protection. It is currently on E7 but the customer is planning to move to a single tariff. I will change the...
  14. M

    Thermostatic panel heaters

    Hi all I have just completed an electrical installation consisting of 2 ring circuits, 3 lighting circuits, fire alarm circuit and a heating circuit. All went well apart from the heating circuit..... I have installed 2 electric thermostatic panel heaters, a 500w and a 750w one. They are in two...
  15. D

    2015 built nursery building with no RCD protection to undersink water heaters

    Evening all, I was doing some repairs to emergency lights in a school and when I went into the switch room to find the fuses for the lights I found the heating board by mistake, reading down the chart I soon realised my error but then saw that there was no RCD protection to the 15 or so heaters...
  16. S

    Query on Storage Heaters

    From these photos can anyone tell me if these storage heaters are manual or automatic charge and are they fan assisted ??
  17. H

    Working out how many IR heaters

    So when I get back to the school I plan to make my office a bit of an experiment room. Swapping the 1200x600s for 600x600 LED panels and the likes. One of my ideas is to install IR heating panels. I've never actually encountered them, they are meant to be all the rave, and I think they would...
  18. J

    Heater temperature stopping

    Using to a heater to heat 5L of water. 1. How can I stop this heater at 70C without a thermostat? 2. Will a potentiometer work?
  19. V

    Tankless instant water heaters in parallel

    Hi, Initially not sure of where to put this post as it touches more that one forum. Grateful for your help please with an unusual installation. I am looking to avoid long runs of hot water from the combi to the launderette due to being on a water meter and to run the taps until hot water is...
  20. J

    Dry ceramic wall heaters

    Are dry ceramic wall heaters a modern version of storage heaters, i've just got an old cottage that i'm going to renovate, it has old storage heaters in each room aswell as an open fire (coal type). There's no gas supply to the area as it's in the country and i didn't want to go down the route...

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