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Changing economy 7 storage heaters to normal electric radiators
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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 500799" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>If BOTH peak and off peak are in the same CU then it seems there are only in fact two storage heaters?</p><p></p><p>What has got my "odd ometer" alert is the relatively new incoming brown and blue tails to the off peak main switch. I would want to understand what exactly has been done to that quite recently.</p><p></p><p>In principle you just need to henley the peak and off peak supplies onto one one 24/7 supply after the DN0/ energy supplier has swapped the supply to a single rate supply. You can then argue whether connecting it to a new supply triggers the need for an RCD if you are not otherwise altering the circuit other than changing one fixed (storage) heater for a diferent fixed non storage heater.</p><p></p><p>If you decide it needs RCD protection it would be pretty warped thinking to have RCD's on the newly converted heater circuits but nothing else, so if you think that is needed then I would suggest a new CU so everything has rcd protection.</p><p></p><p>If the storage heaters were on at 4PM it might be on E10 which has an afternoon boost as well. Can you post a picture of the meter and any DNO time switches?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 500799, member: 6969"] If BOTH peak and off peak are in the same CU then it seems there are only in fact two storage heaters? What has got my "odd ometer" alert is the relatively new incoming brown and blue tails to the off peak main switch. I would want to understand what exactly has been done to that quite recently. In principle you just need to henley the peak and off peak supplies onto one one 24/7 supply after the DN0/ energy supplier has swapped the supply to a single rate supply. You can then argue whether connecting it to a new supply triggers the need for an RCD if you are not otherwise altering the circuit other than changing one fixed (storage) heater for a diferent fixed non storage heater. If you decide it needs RCD protection it would be pretty warped thinking to have RCD's on the newly converted heater circuits but nothing else, so if you think that is needed then I would suggest a new CU so everything has rcd protection. If the storage heaters were on at 4PM it might be on E10 which has an afternoon boost as well. Can you post a picture of the meter and any DNO time switches? [/QUOTE]
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