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patio outdoor halogen heaters
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:38 am
by jamiehodges1
I want to know if I run two outdoor halogen heaters 1300w or 1500w off an isolation switch which is 13A will I be overloading the circuit if it has a 500w light on it aswell.............The 500w light is fitted already but I want to put two heaters up aswell...
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:43 am
by ericmark
It would be overloaded and also Part L would likely not permit it and it would also come under Part P and I would not fancy your chances of a building inspector approving the work.
Eric
over loading
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:09 pm
by jamiehodges1
so if i just run one halogen heater off the light switch which is 13A fused which has the 500w light it should be ok as long as the heater is below 2500w.........if i need another heater I would need to run it off a plug with a long cable
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:10 pm
by ericmark
yes just simple maths