Electric Towel Rail Timer

[tommy8884]

Hello All.

I am new to the forum so hello!

I have just moved into a new build flat, it has electric towel rails in both bathrooms. The towel rails are Dimplex DLR 350 . I want to fit timers to these as they are not on the central heating circuit.

The heaters have one fuse panel in the bathroom behind the heater itself, and outside the room there is a single gang fused connection swicth. There is of course a switch on the heater itself. Can i replace the fused connection swicth with a timing switch like this one?? This way if i leave the switch on the towel rail to the on position it would come on when the timer swicthed.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Tommy

 

[stargazer]

Nice timer, but I do not think it provides overcurrent protection.
If we assume the towel rails are spurred from your ring main, then your arrangement would have to be
FCU > Timer > Towel Rails

The heaters have one fuse panel in the bathroom behind the heater itself

Can you expand on what you mean by this. Are the heaters fused in the bathroom in addition to the FCU outside?

 

[kablamar]

You could use something like this outside the bathroom to control the towel rails.

http://www.locksonline.co.uk/acatalog/Smiths_FST17_Time_Clock.html

You need to elaborate on two things, what you mean by "fuse panel" and the "switch on the heater itself". There are regulations for items of switch gear controlling fixed equipment in bathrooms.

 

[tommy8884]

Thankyou for the quick replys!

Are the heaters fused in the bathroom in addition to the FCU outside?

I think so yes!

The "fuse panel" behind the towel rail is an un-switched fused connection. Then there is a fused connection switch outside the room. I don't know what order they are wired in For some reason all the electric heaters have two fused connections in my flat.

As for the switch on the towel rail, it just has a switch on the towel rail itself for turning it on/off (its incased in a rubber thing).

My plan was to replace the switched fused connection outside the room with the timer i showed in the above post and leave switch on the rail swicthed on. I don't know if thats possible or within regs.

Also, the towel rail is on the circuit with the bedroom and hall sockets, i tested by manually flicking the trip off

 

[Taylortwocities]

If there is a fused spur in place then you MUST replace it with something that has a fuse in it.

So - you need one of these http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_In...rs_Index/Immersion_Heater_Timers_1/index.html

Fused spur with a timer, job done.

 

[tommy8884]

If there is a fused spur in place then you MUST replace it with something that has a fuse in it.

So - you need one of these http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_In...rs_Index/Immersion_Heater_Timers_1/index.html

Fused spur with a timer, job done.

Thats just the job!

I will order one now!

Thankyou!

 

[Taylortwocities]

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