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Thanks Bernard. The cylinder is a Dimplex model (https://www.dimplex.co.uk/product/quantum-water-cylinder-qwcd) that has the inner cylinder completely surrounded by insulation and an outer plastic case, so no copper directly on the concrete. Reading the user manual, it does say it's intended...

Out hot water cylinder (unvented electric) is fitted in an upstairs cupboard, sitting directly on a concrete floor. I've been wondering if, despite the huge amount of insulation built into modern cylinders, sitting directly on concrete could be drawing away a lot of heat from the cylinder...

From what I can see, the sockets on the same circuit are largely unused. We do have a couple of lamps plugged in (lower power LED bulbs).

Thanks all! Very much appreciated. Bottom line right now seems to be that I'm more comfortable waiting for the fitter to be able come back and test / inspect properly. Luckily we're able to manage without turning this heating on right now. Cheers!

Hi Endecotp. We installed a couple of runs of the ThermaSkirt electric skirting board heating. Here's a link to the installation manual on their website: https://www.discreteheat.com/downloads/technical/instructions/Thermaskirt-e%20instructions%202019.pdf

Hi Flameport. Thanks for the help. We've installed a couple of runs of ThermaSkirt electric skirting board heating. The manufacturer's installation instructions state: "The 3 core 230v AC supply into the back box should be at least 2.5mm2 and fed from a Type C RCD or RCBO circuit breaker...

We've had a couple of intermittent / inconsistent trips, typically around 3-5 minutes after turning on the heating. Manufacturer believes this may coincide with a feature of the heating that switches the configuration of the elements between series and parallel after an initial warm-up period...

We recently had the electric heating in our flat replaced, and it seem the fitter forgot to replace the MCB in our consumer unit for the circuit the heating runs off. It is currently a "Type-B" MCB, but a "Type-C" is recommended by the heating manufacturer. We're having trouble getting the...

Hi all, I'm installing some under stair storage units at the moment, including a small wine fridge. We're putting a solid oak worktop on top of the base units and wine fridge. I've read that using a moisture barrier on the underside of the worktop is important for heat and moisture generating...