Hello,
I need a bit of advice please.
I have a 3kW immersion heater on my hot water cylinder, which is on a dedicated 16A circuit.
I want to put a shower pump in the airing cupboard and am looking to use the immersion heater supply to power it.
I know that I can't run the immersion heater and the pump at the same time as the immersion heater will pull 13A and the pump 5A.
Option 1 is to disconnect the immersion heater altogether. We have been in the house for 8 years and have never used it...
Option 2. A DPDT switch could be used to send power to one or the other, but never both. But I can't find like an MK one, mounted on a UK wall plate. Has anyone come across a DPDT switch as a single mains wall switch ?
Option 3. The other idea I had was to use a non-standard mains socket, such as this: http://www.mkelectric.com/en-my/Pro...socketoutlets/Nonstandard/Pages/K1257WHI.aspx
As the immersion is 13A and the pump 5A I don't see why I can't just use a fused plug on each. By using a non-standard plug and socket it protects against someone using an extension lead to power both at the same time.
Thanks in advance for your help !
Cheers
Chris
I need a bit of advice please.
I have a 3kW immersion heater on my hot water cylinder, which is on a dedicated 16A circuit.
I want to put a shower pump in the airing cupboard and am looking to use the immersion heater supply to power it.
I know that I can't run the immersion heater and the pump at the same time as the immersion heater will pull 13A and the pump 5A.
Option 1 is to disconnect the immersion heater altogether. We have been in the house for 8 years and have never used it...
Option 2. A DPDT switch could be used to send power to one or the other, but never both. But I can't find like an MK one, mounted on a UK wall plate. Has anyone come across a DPDT switch as a single mains wall switch ?
Option 3. The other idea I had was to use a non-standard mains socket, such as this: http://www.mkelectric.com/en-my/Pro...socketoutlets/Nonstandard/Pages/K1257WHI.aspx
As the immersion is 13A and the pump 5A I don't see why I can't just use a fused plug on each. By using a non-standard plug and socket it protects against someone using an extension lead to power both at the same time.
Thanks in advance for your help !
Cheers
Chris