Recent content by ridgeway

Yes they they have, but the big difference to GCH is that peak electric is very expensive. I was hoping to reduce heating costs, by having only certain heaters on when I need them. e.g. bedrooms a couple of hours morning & night, lounge just in the evening etc. I could achieve some of this by...

Is it the single zone issue or just panel heaters that wouldn't meet building regs?

ban-all-sheds, sorry I didn't reply to your question. The installation was completed in 2003 in a block of 30 new-build apartments - I own one of them, but they are all wired the same. Is this important?

True. Is this unsafe, not-recommended or just bad practise.

Thanks for the point about feeding multiple heaters. The boost switch would only turn on the intended heater because each heater is fed from a separate pole on the contactor.

Thanks. The apartment is heated solely by panel heaters. These are controlled by a central heating programmer that turns on the heaters via two contactors in the CU. Unfortuately, there is only 1 zone, so even though I can set on and off times, all of the panel heaters in all rooms are...

I have a 1KW panel heater that is fed via a timed supply (on a individual radial circuit) and FCU. I'd like to have the option of using it outside the set times. Near the heater is a socket fed from the ring main. Coould I connect a supply from this socket via a 'boost switch' to the...