Some friends are extending their house and have asked me to do the wiring work. They have Total Control electricity, supplied by Scottish Hydro. I was not too familiar with the regulations appertaining to this tariff so I read the PDF on the SCARF website. It seems you can have a certain proportion of heating from panel or fan heaters which can be used at any time, whilst 60% of the heating should be from time controlled storage heaters. My question concerns termination of the panel/fan heaters. Do these have to be hard wired using fused spur outlets or can they be on 13 amp sockets? The same applies to provision of a focal point electric fire in the living room.
Total Control Electricity (Scotland)
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My question concerns the law with regard to potential abuse of the half price electricity. My friends would like to have a couple of the portable halogen type heaters they could take from room to room and give supplementary heat but if it is illegal to have a 13 amp socket on a cheap rate supply then such heaters can only be used on the standard rate ring main. Remember that this is Scotland where we don't have Part P. In this case I am legally permitted to sign the completion certificate paperwork because the Building Warrant was issued before the new regs came into force.
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