Hi - this is my first post so please can someone help me.
I own an old cottage (1790) that has solid walls.
The back upstairs room had a Economy 7 Storage Heater fitted to wall (A). A few years ago this was removed and the wiring was terminated to a blanking plate. The other rooms still used the same Economy 7 circuit to power the overnight heaters.
I now want to reinstate the heater into this room, but on a different wall (B). As the walls are solid, I thought of running a heat resistant cable from the original socket, along the skirting board to the new position of the heater (approx 10 meters of cable needed).
Upon requesting this heat resistant cable from my local electricals shop, I was told that this idea was dangerous and the heater should only have up to 1 meter of cable from the unit to the wall socket, and that by running a long wire around the room to save re-positioning the original socket is dangerous.
Can someone help?? Thanks Luke
I own an old cottage (1790) that has solid walls.
The back upstairs room had a Economy 7 Storage Heater fitted to wall (A). A few years ago this was removed and the wiring was terminated to a blanking plate. The other rooms still used the same Economy 7 circuit to power the overnight heaters.
I now want to reinstate the heater into this room, but on a different wall (B). As the walls are solid, I thought of running a heat resistant cable from the original socket, along the skirting board to the new position of the heater (approx 10 meters of cable needed).
Upon requesting this heat resistant cable from my local electricals shop, I was told that this idea was dangerous and the heater should only have up to 1 meter of cable from the unit to the wall socket, and that by running a long wire around the room to save re-positioning the original socket is dangerous.
Can someone help?? Thanks Luke