maccer1001
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I am refurbishing a modern flat that I have recently bought and it is all electric. All the old heating, which was a mix of convectors and a large storage heater have been scrapped. The storage heater is located in the lounge/dining area and I wish to replace it with a slightly larger unit to provide enough comfort heat for the lounge and background heat for the other 2 rooms. I have done the calcs and know that I need a 3.4kw or preferably a 4kw unit (on economy 7 tariff). Ther problem I have is that the old unit was presumably 3kw as it was wired from a dp switch fused outlet, 13A, fed off a 16A mcb from the board. the main wiring is 2.5mm.
Would it be permissable to replace the dp switch fused outlet for just a dp switch outlet and perhaps upgrade the mcb to 20A (if I go 4kw)?
Would it be permissable to replace the dp switch fused outlet for just a dp switch outlet and perhaps upgrade the mcb to 20A (if I go 4kw)?