Hi

Hidden away in a cupboard I have two fused, switched, connection units
each of which supply an electric towel rail in an adjacent bathroom and
a cloakroom.

Inevitably no-one ever remembers to turn these things off, so I'm
contemplating getting the connection units replaced with some kind of
run-down timer, such as

http://www.sangamo.co.uk/web/site/Pr...owersaver1.asp

None of those kinds of gadgets seem to be fused, so I still need some
kind of fused spur off the ring main upstream of them. I'm also
assuming I need a separate timer for each of the two towel rails.

Question - any reason why I can't use a single fused connection unit to
supply both of these timers? That would already involve installing one
extra pattress box, and I really want to avoid having to add two.

But there are probably better solutions that I haven't thought of....

Regards


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Roger Morton

On Jul 1, 12:25 pm, ) wrote:
Hi

Hidden away in a cupboard I have two fused, switched, connection units
each of which supply an electric towel rail in an adjacent bathroom and
a cloakroom.

Inevitably no-one ever remembers to turn these things off, so I'm
contemplating getting the connection units replaced with some kind of
run-down timer, such as

http://www.sangamo.co.uk/web/site/Pr...owersaver1.asp

None of those kinds of gadgets seem to be fused, so I still need some
kind of fused spur off the ring main upstream of them. I'm also
assuming I need a separate timer for each of the two towel rails.

Question - any reason why I can't use a single fused connection unit to
supply both of these timers? That would already involve installing one
extra pattress box, and I really want to avoid having to add two.

Fused spurs can have an arbitrary number of appliances connected to
them. However, *all* the wiring must be rated for the full current
through the fuse. (And voltage drop calculations must assume that the
appliance at the end of the longest piece of wire is drawing all the
current.)

In ,
Martin Bonner wrote:


On Jul 1, 12:25 pm, ) wrote:

Question - any reason why I can't use a single fused connection
unit to
supply both of these timers? That would already involve installing
one
extra pattress box, and I really want to avoid having to add two.

Fused spurs can have an arbitrary number of appliances connected to
them. However, *all* the wiring must be rated for the full current
through the fuse. (And voltage drop calculations must assume that the
appliance at the end of the longest piece of wire is drawing all the
current.)

Thanks - I'd assumed (hoped) that was the answer, but I've googled
unsuccessfully for anything that explicitly says so.

Each of the towel rails is worth no more than 200-300 watts, yet both
of the existing fuses are 13A. I'm pretty sure a single 13A unit can
cope with both of them :-)

Thanks again




--
Roger Morton

On Jul 1, 1:38*pm, ((((DefaultRealName)))) wrote:
In ,
Martin Bonner wrote:
On Jul 1, 12:25 pm, ) wrote:

Question - any reason why I can't use a single fused connection
unit to
supply both of these timers? *That would already involve installing
one
extra pattress box, and I really want to avoid having to add two.

Fused spurs can have an arbitrary number of appliances connected to
them. *However, *all* the wiring must be rated for the full current
through the fuse. *(And voltage drop calculations must assume that the
appliance at the end of the longest piece of wire is drawing all the
current.)

Thanks - I'd assumed (hoped) that was the answer, but I've googled
unsuccessfully for anything that explicitly says so.

Each of the towel rails is worth no more than 200-300 watts, yet both
of the existing fuses are 13A. *I'm pretty sure a single 13A unit can
cope with both of them :-)

Thanks again

sounds fine, 240w is only 1A


NT