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Thread: Elec hot water wiring ?
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21st August 2006, 08:48 AM #1Member
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Elec hot water wiring ?
Hi guys.
on the cabin we're doing l picked up a little 55 ltr elec hot water service for it.
The guy at the secondhand place l bought it from reckons you can just fit a normal cord and plug to one that size and just plug it into a power point.
Would that be right and is that safe or would l need to get a sparky to wire it into the power box ? .
Thanks for that .
MB
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21st August 2006, 12:44 PM #2
I would have a look at what the rating plate says. If it is under 10amps it woud be Ok.
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21st August 2006, 10:26 PM #3Member
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Thanks once again Bazza , appreciated .
l'll take a looky first thing tomorrow .
Cheers
MB
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21st August 2006, 10:35 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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What if. . .
Originally Posted by Barry_White
What if it's OVER 10amps. . ?
Thanks
Cheers
Jedo
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21st August 2006, 10:42 PM #5
Even if under 2400/2500 Watts,
I'd hard wire it.
On a Tangent;
why are so many GPOs [Power Points] about 250mm off the floor.
More useful ; and out of the way of Small Hands; at about 1200 mm from the floor:confused:Navvi
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21st August 2006, 11:26 PM #6Originally Posted by Ivan in Oz
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21st August 2006, 11:30 PM #7Originally Posted by boban
Eye Level.........Euch!!
Navvi
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21st August 2006, 11:46 PM #8Originally Posted by Jedo_03
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22nd August 2006, 12:14 AM #9Originally Posted by Ivan in Oz
It's behind a cabinet Ivan. It's done that way so that the fridge doesn't hit it if you push it all the way back.
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22nd August 2006, 06:40 AM #10
Always looking up:eek:
Navvi
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25th August 2006, 09:39 PM #11Senior Member
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depending on what type of water heater it is, it may be best to get it hard wired and connected at the switchboard at a different tarriff rate. It doesn't sound too big, so it may heat the water up quick enough for you to just turn it on of a morning.
I don't know if the night rate is cheaper [i don't pay the bills around here] but the cost of getting it done may outweigh the any reduction in running cost.
In my opinion it would be better to get it hardwired regardless of whether you have it put on a different tarriff. That way you avoid those instances where it gets unplugged accidentally and noone notices until someone wants a shower, and in a practical sense, it will most likely draw too much current to be on a shared circuit.
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1st September 2006, 01:31 AM #12Member
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55 litre doesn't qualify for off-peak tarif, minimum is 150ltrs depending on which state your in, should be hard wired with it's own circuit and fuse, the problem with plugging it in to a powerpoint is that if it's rated at 2400w then plugging anything else into that circuit eg: Toaster would overload your line.
Hen
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7th September 2006, 09:41 AM #13Member
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Thanks again for that guys .
Posted a reply awhile back but it mustn't have gone through.
l'll see if l can find the amp thingy and take it from there l guess .
lf it is only 10 maybe l could just plug it in for now , look at forking out to wire it in next round , out of mooler !
Catch ya.
MB
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