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    Horizontal immersion heaters - any good?

    The guy fitting my boiler next year seems to have a preference for horizontal immersion heaters. It's a bio mass (Wood pellet) boiler. I need an immersion heater for several weeks before the boiler is fitted. Then the immersion will be used as the store from the boiler - as well as back up. On...
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    Heaters

    Hi there. this is my first time on the forum.. I'm currently doing a quote for electric heaters on appartments, they have just had hudge quote to replace their gas flues as there not to current regs and are in need of replacement. The gas flues are in ducts that rise through each flat. I'm...
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    Quote for replacing old storage heaters

    Not sure if this is the right forum but can anyone advise on this? I am replacing 2 storage heaters and have been quoted around £1,100 plus vat for removal/disposal of the old (non asbestos) ones and fitting of the new ones (Dimplex manual not Quantum). I could order these heaters myself for...
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    Electric storage heaters

    My auntie lives miles away from me and lives in sheltered type housing, she has her own flat that she owns the lease for but there are communial areas and a manager on site 24 hours in case help is needed. The flat is heated with night storage heaters. A few months ago a company sold her some...
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    Storage heaters vs the rest

    OK so I reckon storage heaters are old hat. But whats the best replacement? Haverland and a couple of others do gel filled heaters. Comments from the professionals please. 'Er indoors wants something that heats up on economy 7 and dissipates heat on demand (like the old Dimplex brick jobby) ...
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    Electric heaters, central control

    Good morning! I need to fit a wireless electric heating system in a 1 bed flat that has no gas supply. Gave client options of UFH and electric boiler system, but wants to go for panel heaters controlled by a central point (not necessarily individual rooms/zones but this would be a bonus if...
    • djelectric
    • Thread
    • central control electric electrical heaters
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Central Heating Systems
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    Double pole switch a must for storage water heater?

    From a regulations standpoint, is it a must to use a double pole switch for storage water heater? I don't seem to find it worded as such in the BS standards. The reason I am asking is I want to replace my current double pole switch with a run back timer from CP Electronics. This run back timer...
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    changing storage heaters to panel convector heaters

    Hi, Hope you all had a good day. The meter is economy 7 and comes on at 730 to midnight but the customer wants panel convector so he can put them on and off when he wishes. Would he have to get his meter changed so he can use the panel convector heaters in the day? sorry if its a stupid...
    • sparky928
    • Thread
    • changing heater heaters panel storage supply tariff
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    480 volt water heaters

    Sometimes its impossible explaining why the US uses larger wire sizes lol: http://www.electriciantalk.com/f17/water-heaters-158322/index3/#post2868593
    • Gardner
    • Thread
    • another forums heaters sometimes volt volts water
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    3 phase, 3 bed flat

    Hello all, I have been asked to fit out a couple of flats and I think they require a 3 phase supply, my friend thinks they will be OK on single phase. There will be no gas supply to the property. 3 bed flat will consist of...... 3 x 9.5Kw Powerstream instant water heaters (2 bathrooms and...
    • brewlab
    • Thread
    • 3 phase heaters phase supply
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Unidare Storage Heaters WMS718N

    Not really a CENTRAL Heating problem but heating none the less. I have a customer who has Unidare storage heaters installed in her property. The one in the hall doesn't seem to be giving out any heat despite no changes to the controls recently leading me to believe that something is a miss. It...
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    heaters

    Go Wales Go. seriously, I have a separate ring main 2.5 cable on a 32 mcb. It has 7 1kw heaters connected. Does this sound okay. The electrician has signed it off ?
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    NOBO heater wont switch on

    Hi I would like some advice in my flat I have two heaters in the living room these two work fine but the ones in each bedroom don't work I have swapped the fuses round and the ones in the bedroom still dont work can anyone help ? I have no idea what make it is the instructions I have for it...
    • jrhall88
    • Thread
    • because circuit heater heaters supply switch wont
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Quick installation check?

    Hi guys, just want a quick sanity check on an installation. a chap wants 3, 3Kw heaters wired with a programmable thermostat to control all 3 heaters. my thoughts are: 40A supply to a Contactor ( L-1, N-3) heaters connected to the contactor ( L-2, N-4) then a Perm live to the thermostat...
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    Replace Night Storage Heaters

    Hi all, I want to replace all the night storage heaters in my flat to something more economical and something that can be controlled whenever it is needed not just at night, does anybody have any suggestions? They need to be as economical as possible to keep running costs down. Have considered...
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    Storage heaters not working after meter change

    Hi. I have economy 7 white meter storage heaters which were running on a three rate meter. The meter had a day rate, a night rate and a separate storage heater rate. Everything worked fine. After the meter was changed to a standard single rate meter my storage heaters now no longer heat up over...
    • totty3478
    • Thread
    • after change electrical work fault heaters meter not working storage working
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Central Heating Systems
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    Night store heaters

    My friend has recently opened a shop which he is renting from the council. It was refurbed before he moved in and the council replaced all sockets and switches, to a poor standard it must be said. They have also cut off the flexes to the night store heaters in the shop so it's pretty cold in...
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    ECO HHCRO cost saving calcs for solar PV with storage heaters????

    Looking at ways to survive post 2015, and remembered a possible project we'd looked at a while back for a housing association in flats with all electric storage heating, which means that solar pv qualifies for ECO funding under the HHCRO stream. But I can't find any guidance on how to calculate...
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    Storage Heaters and Consumer units with Split RCD.s

    Hi So I've a project coming up where I need to Move a Fuseboard which is Split On peak with One rcd for The Flat ring and off peak Storage heaters . no rcd . Its Dated 2001 so the fuseboard will need to be replaced With a split board with 2 rcd's for on peak Power and lights etc . I've a few...
    • Silver6003
    • Thread
    • consumer consumer unit consumer units heaters rcd split storage units
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Solar Thermal Advice Forum
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    3 phase and immersion heaters - please advise

    Hi all, i thought id join your forum to get some advice... i run run an exterior cleaning company and we carry large amounts of water on our vans, during the depths of winter we heat the water with immersion heaters so far this has not been a problem as I've use 16 amp sockets etc.. we we...
    • oddbods
    • Thread
    • 3 phase advise heaters immersion phase please single sockets supply
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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