panel heater

[dgreengo]

Hello everyone, looking for 2nd opinion.

had one of these ;
http://www.ehsshop.co.uk/heaters/pa...f18_panel_convector_heater_standard_P678.html

no changed to one of these;

http://www.ehsshop.co.uk/heaters/pa...f17_panel_convector_heater_standard_P681.html



only difference is the supply from the Fused switch had 3 wires ( i presume Live, Neutral and Pilot(black wire)). The new cable only has 2. Is it ok to disconnect the pilot at the terminal block and leave it in the backbox? I never use the chronopass circuit utility so dont require it at all.
Thanks

 

[EFLImpudence]

Why will you have to disconnect it?

You just won't have a pilot wire from the new heater to connect to it.

No earth wires?

 

[dgreengo]

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• dgreengo
• 7 Oct 2011
• 2

you can see the Earth Live and Neutral fromthe fused switch into the backbox. there is also the think cabling coming into the backbox into a terminal with the black wire. Am i correct in assuming this is some sort of Pilot?

 

[dgreengo]

Why will you have to disconnect it?

You just won't have a pilot wire from the new heater to connect to it.

No earth wires?

i used the 3 type cabling and just left the black wire loose inside the heater. however, after 2 minutes i smelt a burning smell, took out the heater, and the black casing of the black cable seemed to be a little bit damaged. so it spooked me and thought i would check here

i cant see any reason not to just leave the thin cable connected into the terminal, but remove the black cable completely.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Where does the black wire from the connector go?

 

[dgreengo]

Where does the black wire from the connector go?

with the old heater, it connects into the circuit board of the heater, along with Brown and Blue . This heater was a Chronopass type which has a pilot etc.


with mynew heater, it does not require the extra cable, so i can only assume its a pilot of some sort?

 

[EFLImpudence]

i cant see any reason not to just leave the thin cable connected into the terminal, but remove the black cable completely.

Yes, do that.

In the picture it looks like the black wire is connected to L or N.

 

[dgreengo]

i cant see any reason not to just leave the thin cable connected into the terminal, but remove the black cable completely.

Yes, do that.

In the picture it looks like the black wire is connected to L or N.

picture is a bt misleading sorry. Brown joins brown, Blue joins blue and the yellow/green terminates into the plate. its the thin cable i wondered about as this joins the black and carries through into the heater itself.

i will disconnect at terminal block. not sure where the thin wire goes! the bedroom heater is on its own fuse at the MCB.

thanks for the advice