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hi ,ive been asked to install an ariston tankless water heater ,the manual states its 9.5kw at 240v with min cable size of 6mm and that it will pull 39.6 amps .the cable run is 17 meters partly enclosed in an under concrete floor pipe along with 3 other 2.5mm cable runs and the rest of the run back to the board is clipped direct ,there is currently no mcb available to use and no rcd protection either .
my questions are > is 6mm good enough
can i use a 40A mcb with no rcd
should i install a seperate CU which would have 63A rcd and 40A mcb
many thanks for any advice
john
 
The manual said 9.5kw at 240v, drawing 39.6amps but worth remembering that it only draws 39.6 amps if you have an exactly 240v supply.
As a silly and extreme example if you actually had the UK minimum permitted voltage (230v - 6%) and had 5v further volt drop over 17m of 6mm T+E it's now pulling 45 amps. Unlikely of course.

10mm csa cable would permit a higher value MCB and suffer less volt drop, and as above be more suitable in the first place.
 
+1 for 10mm in a case like this.

Even if 6mm would do, it leaves no future options for replacement/upgrades. If a new floor has gone down and they need to replace the heater in 10 years they'll be thankful they paid the very slight extra for 10mm.

It might mean a larger conduit too of course, but still worth it when there's any doubt.
 
+1 for 10mm in a case like this.

Even if 6mm would do, it leaves no future options for replacement/upgrades. If a new floor has gone down and they need to replace the heater in 10 years they'll be thankful they paid the very slight extra for 10mm.

It might mean a larger conduit too of course, but still worth it when there's any doubt.
thankyou for the reply ,i had thought 10mm was probably better option ,the floor is not new and is concrete the pipework it will be run in was put in years ago by the aircon guys to get from the cellar to first floor its actually a 6" pipe and theres no chance of potential upgrades or changes to the heater in future ,all i have to do now is find a suitable mcb/rcd combination to install .FYI i can run another set of tails from the henley block to a seperate cu
 
The manual said 9.5kw at 240v, drawing 39.6amps but worth remembering that it only draws 39.6 amps if you have an exactly 240v supply.
As a silly and extreme example if you actually had the UK minimum permitted voltage (230v - 6%) and had 5v further volt drop over 17m of 6mm T+E it's now pulling 45 amps. Unlikely of course.

10mm csa cable would permit a higher value MCB and suffer less volt drop, and as above be more suitable in the first place.
thankyou for the reply ,i had thought 10mm was probably better option ,the floor is not new and is concrete the pipework it will be run in was put in years ago by the aircon guys to get from the cellar to first floor its actually a 6" pipe and theres no chance of potential upgrades or changes to the heater in future ,all i have to do now is find a suitable mcb/rcd combination to install .FYI i can run another set of tails from the henley block to a seperate cu
 
Judging from the details you have provided I would say 10mm would be more suited rather than 6mm. I would fit an RCD also.
thankyou for the reply ,i had thought 10mm was probably better option ,the floor is not new and is concrete the pipework it will be run in was put in years ago by the aircon guys to get from the cellar to first floor its actually a 6" pipe and theres no chance of potential upgrades or changes to the heater in future ,all i have to do now is find a suitable mcb/rcd combination to install .FYI i can run another set of tails from the henley block to a seperate cu
 
thankyou for the reply ,i had thought 10mm was probably better option ,the floor is not new and is concrete the pipework it will be run in was put in years ago by the aircon guys to get from the cellar to first floor its actually a 6" pipe and theres no chance of potential upgrades or changes to the heater in future ,all i have to do now is find a suitable mcb/rcd combination to install .FYI i can run another set of tails from the henley block to a seperate cu
If going with a separate CU then any of the "shower" units should do fine - 63A RCD and 40 or 45A MCB.

You'll want one with a good amount of space in it to nicely terminate 10mm, but the current metal ones do tend to have more space in now than they used to.

It might pay to get a 2 or 3 way one with blanks to give you the extra space (and the possibility of adding maybe a 6A or 16A in the future.
 
A couple of questions if I may...

What type of cable is it going to be run in?
How loaded are the other 3 cables?
cable will be 10mm T&E.the other cable runs are 2.5mm T&E one of which has 2 double sockets on it ,one of which has microwave plugged in and the other has the washing machine and tumble dryer .and the other cable has a single socket doing nothing and a double rcd socket which will have a dishwasher plugged in.
 
If going with a separate CU then any of the "shower" units should do fine - 63A RCD and 40 or 45A MCB.

You'll want one with a good amount of space in it to nicely terminate 10mm, but the current metal ones do tend to have more space in now than they used to.

It might pay to get a 2 or 3 way one with blanks to give you the extra space (and the possibility of adding maybe a 6A or 16A in the future.
thats good news ,ive checked and there is room in the henley block for another set of tails so i can fit a 63Arcd with a 40Amcb shower unit ,wont need expansion in future ,just as long as the 40A mcb will be enough otherwise ive got to find a 45 and it most likely wont be same make ,and i dont want to go up to a 50 for the sake of matching it all
 
cable will be 10mm T&E.the other cable runs are 2.5mm T&E one of which has 2 double sockets on it ,one of which has microwave plugged in and the other has the washing machine and tumble dryer .and the other cable has a single socket doing nothing and a double rcd socket which will have a dishwasher plugged in.
Thanks.
I did a Procerts calculation using the info you gave, which points to 10mm minimum.
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The pedant in me needs to point out that Uo is 230, not 240....... (although you're better off using 240-243 for real-life purposes!)
 
Indeed. I was also going to point this out. Using 230 volts results in 41.3 amps, so a 45 or 50 amp OCPD would be needed.
Which in itself raises an interesting question...... should we actually ignore the 'official' nominal voltage when doing cable calcs and instead use what we all know is realistic in order to err on the side of caution??
 
thankyou all for the advice ,i will be running 10mm T&E from a seperate CU which will have a 2 pole 63A 30mA RCD device and a 50A MCB Type B fed from a seprerate set of 16mm tails from the henley block
 

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