Panel heaters

[retrorhys]

I have just bought an old cottage to renovate, it has no heating or a gas supply, ive decided to fit in some panel heaters, ive gutted the uptairs and now need to sort out the wireing, i know how to replace the ring circuit for the plug sockets, but i believe the panel heaters should be on there own circuit etc, can anyone please tell me would I wire them up on its own ring circuit using 2.5 twin and earth, or am i looking down the wrong path, ive spent ages on the net looking, the heaters im going for are the Solaris Black Glass Panel Heater 1000 each, they will be big enough as they only small rooms,

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I have just bought an old cottage to renovate, it has no heating or a gas supply, ive decided to fit in some panel heaters, ive gutted the uptairs and now need to sort out the wireing,

When you applied for Building Regulations approval, what did you say would be the way that you would comply with P1?

i know how to replace the ring circuit for the plug sockets, but i believe the panel heaters should be on there own circuit etc, can anyone please tell me would I wire them up on its own ring circuit using 2.5 twin and earth, or am i looking down the wrong path,

• For a circuit to supply a given load, how would you go about deciding what cable and protective device to use?
  
  
• Do you know which circuits can be ring finals and which cannot, and what the advantages and disadvantages of each are?
  
  
• Do you know what the two main lighting circuit topologies are, and what the advantages and disadvantages of each are?
  
  
• How do you calculate maximum demand and how can diversity be used?
  
  
• What are the 3 different types of domestic single-phase supplies provided in this country, how would you recognise them, and what differences do each make to the requirements for the rest of the installation, particularly any outdoor supplies?
  
  
• Can you correctly identify all components and connections of a circuit by method of testing or otherwise? In doing so can you identify or recognise anything wrong or dangerous with the circuit?
  
  
• Do you understand how the way in which you install cables affects how much current they can carry?
  
  
• What are the rules concerning cables concealed in walls, partitions and under floors?
  
  
• What are the rules for cables run outdoors, buried in the ground or overhead?
  
  
• Where cables need to be joined, how should this be done / not be done and in what circumstances are different methods acceptable?
  
  
• Can you identify extraneous conductive parts, and do you know the requirements for main and supplementary bonding of them?
  
  
• Which circuits should be RCD protected?
  
  
• How do you propose to isolate your supply so that you can connect up your new CU?
  
  
• Do you know what tests you would carry out on the installation - what sequence you'd do them in and at what point you would energise the installation, and for each test do you know what is being measured, why it is important, how you would carry out the test, and with what equipment, and what sort of results you would expect to get if everything was OK?

The thing is, rewiring a house, installing a new CU, possibly outside supplies, submains etc is not a trivial job, and I can assure you that it involves knowing far more than you think it does.

Asking questions here can be a useful part of a learning process, but they are not a substitute for proper structured studying. The key term there is "learning process" - you cannot learn all the things you need to know just by asking questions here. It isn't structured enough - it won't provide you with a way to progress where each step builds on what you learned before.

You can't carry out a job of this magnitude by asking whatever random questions happen to occur to you. You've already shown that you have some dodgy misconceptions - what if you get something wrong because you have no idea your knowledge is wrong? What if you miss something because you simply have no idea it even exists, and just don't realise you don't know it?

I don't know how long you can put your renovation on hold while you become competent, but my guess is that you need to get an electrician.

 

[AndyPRK]

my guess would be a 2.5mm cable between each heater and the CU.
With a 16A MCB in the CU.

So one cable per heater.