As part of the kitchen re-fit I am replacing a centrally-heated radiator with a plinth heater. This is also plumbed in (wet, I think they call it) but has a small electric motor to force the heat out. The motor is not permanently on, it is controlled by the built-in thermostat and will be turned off anyway when not required.
The kitchen sockets are part of the downstairs ring-main, as built in 1987. I know kitchen's should have their own circuit but this is probably beyond what I can do, principally because of getting the cable back to the fuse box.
Since I am otherwise not adding load in the kitchen (just moving it round) and this thing is not too heavy on the juice (don't know exactly what the power consumption is but the plumber said it only uses a 5 Amp fuse), am I barking to just add this to the existing circuit?
Thanks,
Robert
The kitchen sockets are part of the downstairs ring-main, as built in 1987. I know kitchen's should have their own circuit but this is probably beyond what I can do, principally because of getting the cable back to the fuse box.
Since I am otherwise not adding load in the kitchen (just moving it round) and this thing is not too heavy on the juice (don't know exactly what the power consumption is but the plumber said it only uses a 5 Amp fuse), am I barking to just add this to the existing circuit?
Thanks,
Robert