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Changing Room Heater

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  • 25-01-2015 7:45pm
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    billy_beckham
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Looking for some advice, want to install electric fan heater into a changing room. There is a double socket available, can you just take a supply off that through a fused spur and feed the heater via a 2 pole pull cord switch?

    thanks...


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    Tom44
    Registered Users Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Tom44


    billy_beckham wrote: »
    Hi,

    Looking for some advice, want to install electric fan heater into a changing room. There is a double socket available, can you just take a supply off that through a fused spur and feed the heater via a 2 pole pull cord switch?

    thanks...
    Open to correction guys.?

    But once its protected by a 13 amp fuse via plug or fuse switch it's ok.


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    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,595 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    Assuming the circuit that you intend to connect to is installed correctly there are a few things that you have to look at:

    1) The size of a the heater in terms of kW
    2) Based on this will has the circuit enough capacity for the heater?
    3) Assuming that the load is not too big for a 13A fuse a switched spur outlet would be preferable IMHO.


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    billy_beckham
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭billy_beckham


    2011 wrote: »
    Assuming the circuit that you intend to connect to is installed correctly there are a few things that you have to look at:

    1) The size of a the heater in terms of kW
    2) Based on this will has the circuit enough capacity for the heater?
    3) Assuming that the load is not too big for a 13A fuse a switched spur outlet would be preferable IMHO.

    Hi,
    heater is 1kw/2 kw (internal switch). Circuit should have capacity. So a switched spur is ok, no need for the double pole pull cord?

    Thanks..


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    John Electrician33
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭John Electrician33


    By regulations does a permanently connected heater not need its own circuit? - Or does this depend on the KW of the heater?


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    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,595 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    John Electrician33 wrote: »
    By regulations does a permanently connected heater not need its own circuit? - Or does this depend on the KW of the heater?

    The circuit must not be overloaded, that is what is crucial.
    This will depend on the size of the load and what is already fed from the circuit.


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