Removing a thermostat

[riazawais]

Hey all,

It's my first post, so be nice
I am replacing electric heaters in a small flat. Currently all heaters are controlled centrally from a thermostat in the hallway. The new heaters I am getting need direct power to the heaters, as each heater has its own thermostat and can be controlled individually from an app.
That means I need to remove the hardwired thermostat. I've attached some pics for reference. Which wires do I need to disconnect and how do I rewire it to ensure all heaters are getting direct power?

Thanks!

 

[333rocky333]

I think a clearer photo of the yellow label is needed, first glance looks like you can remove the relay and link out the two brown terminals

 

[riazawais]

Hey, thanks for responding. Does the attached help?

 

[ericmark]

As @333rocky333 says, link the two lines.

 

[bernardgreen]

As rocky has said you could remove the contactor and the wires to it ( two Browns one Blue and one Yellow ) and link the end two terminals ( Option 2 )

Or ( Option 1 ) leave the contactor in service and link the terminals that the thermostat leads connect to. This would mean the contactor was permanently energised.

Option 2 is the better option but I would try Option 1 first to check the new heaters work as intended when they have a permanent supply

If they do ( over a few days ) work as intended then use Option 2 and remove the contactor

 

[riazawais]

Amazing! Thank you so much. Will try this next weekend and let you know how it goes.

 

[riazawais]

Hey all, thanks for this. Installed new heaters today and went with option 2 per Bernard’s note above. It worked perfectly. Thanks!