Understood. I'll get on to NPower in the morning. Thanks for the tip off.
Mystery Immersion heater switches
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Is it just me concerned by the access to live parts here? Is there a cover for that anywhere?
No, it's not just you - I imagine it's most of us, but I suppose it's such an obvious question/concern that the rest of us have not thought to mention it!!
I must say that I've never seen anything quite like that - does anyone know what we are looking at?
Kind Regards, John
It looks like it could be some ancient Merlin Gerin stuff. What I thought initially was the busbar seems to be the neutral bar, so not as bad as I thought at first glance - I think the busbar is much like the Square D / Schneider stuff with the two prongs on the top of the MCB - I could be wrong
Still far from ideal though
Still far from ideal though
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You're welcome. Have you not had a bill yet? If you had, it would be apparent whether you were being charged different rates for day/night (or peak/off-peak etc.), since there would be two sets of figures on the bill.
With most suppliers, tariffs like E7 only become cost effective if about 30%-35% of one's total electricity usage is during off-peak hours (midnight - 7am or whatever). If the off-peak usage is less than that (which it will be for almost anyone who does not have night storage heaters), such a dual-rate tariff ends up more expensive than a 'standard', single-rate, one.
Kind Regards, John
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There is the possibility of replacing the switch with an RCD type socket, which has an inbuilt RCD in the unit to meet the present regulations.
The circuit breakers look like Ottermill Quicklag-P.
Never heard of such an animal
What sort of vintage are we talking about?Kind Regards, John
Late 1970s or 1980s. They were a Westinghouse design and also sold under that name.
Ottermill was Ottermill-Chilton, which was the same Chilton that made the voltage operated ELCBs.
Ottermill was Ottermill-Chilton, which was the same Chilton that made the voltage operated ELCBs.
Ive seen similar in ex council blocks around east london, they are "skeleton" boxes in like a large deep sarel box recessed into the wall usually in the hallway.
The board in it does look like early sguare D stablok too me too
The board in it does look like early sguare D stablok too me too
Why UFH? It's MUCH more likely that they just controlled 2 Imm heaters as has already been widely agreed upon. Do those switches seriously look of a vintage to have controlled UFH?
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