"N. Thornton" wrote in message
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From: BigWallop )
Subject: Scary lectrics

I was asked, a good while ago now, to have a look at some tube
heaters in a
bar in Edinburgh, ok, it was the Artisan Bar in London Road if anyone
is
interested, and when I removed the wooden front covers of the wall
seating I
was amazed to find multi core alarm cable going into each and every
heater
in series around the walls. Seven heaters in total had been
connected with
multi core. Each cable had been stripped back and the individual
stranded
conductors had been wrapped to form, in essence, two thicker wires.


You say in series, you mean each was getting 240/7 v? At least that
would explain why nothing blew.

Bodge artists note, its cheaper to use lightbulbs for heating...



Yes, they were connected series. That's why they didn't heat anything bar
the cable either. The end one heated slightly more than the rest, so I was
told. :-)