Quick Question about a Pump

[kingofhearts]

Hi there,

A new pump has been installed in a hot press and I'm going to connect it to a spur,

I'm gonna take the feed for the spur from the immertion switch, just wanna know will a 1.5mm cable be ok or will I use a 2.5mm ???

Cheers

 

[dufjax]

Hi there,

A new pump has been installed in a hot press and I'm going to connect it to a spur,

I'm gonna take the feed for the spur from the immertion switch, just wanna know will a 1.5mm cable be ok or will I use a 2.5mm ???

Cheers

I'm not quite sure what a hot press is, but then that's probably me being thick.

Do you know the rating of the press ie 3000w or 13amps??
How are you taking the spur from the immersion switch?
Is the immersion still wired up, if so what rating is the breaker?

Cheers
Jim

 

[Guest123]

Some things you will need to find out.


1. Is the immersion on it's own circuit
2. The rating of the MCB/fuse protecting the immersion circuit.
3. The existing loading of the immersion circuit
4. Existing volt drop.....how far do you intend "spurring" off to this pump


Before deciding on the cable, you need to make sure you can actually do this.


HTH.

 

[kingofhearts]

Some things you will need to find out.


1. Is the immersion on it's own circuit
2. The rating of the MCB/fuse protecting the immersion circuit.
3. The existing loading of the immersion circuit
4. Existing volt drop.....how far do you intend "spurring" off to this pump


Before deciding on the cable, you need to make sure you can actually do this.


HTH.

1. Is the immersion on it's own circuit YES
2. The rating of the MCB/fuse protecting the immersion circuit. 20A
3. The existing loading of the immersion circuit Don't Know
4. Existing volt drop.....how far do you intend "spurring" off to this pump One Foot Max


I'm sure it is possible to do this, I'm going to take power from the immersion switch to the spur and then from the spur out to the pump, afaik the pumps only pull in half an amp or so, so it should be alright

 

[Guest123]

Sounds like you have enough scope to do this.

You will need to use 2.5mm cable though.

 

[badwolf]

in case you were loosing sleep over it, a hot press is the airing cupboard

 

[dufjax]

Thanks for clearing that up..... I've never in my 17 year in the trade ever head it call that before..... The post makes sense now.


Jim