Immersion Timer (spur)

[Stanios]

Hi,
Got a customer who only wants to use his night tarrif immersion on vented cyl, and complaining of lukewarm water during the day.. I told him its false economy and as a compromise suggested putting daytime immersion on a timer. At the mo its wired into a fused spur as it should be, what are my options in terms of adding a timer? Can I use this kind of timer that replaces the fuse spur?

Or do I wire to a plug, and get a plug timer?

Ta

 

[Masood]

Cabke from fused spur into one of these:

LAP Mechanical 24-Hour Immersion Timer 240V | Immersion Timers | NoLinkingToThis


or these:

Immersion Heater Timer 7 Day Grasslin IHT-GPW | RS Electrical Supplies

Then TQ flex out of the timer into immersion heater.

 

[Stanios]

Brilliant I can guess which one he will go for 🙂
Cheers!

 

[Masood]

Brilliant I can guess which one he will go for 🙂
Cheers!

I've used the Graslin ones quite a few times, they're solid. About to fit the LAP one for the first time tomorrow. Will find out how good they are in due course I guess!

 

[Stanios]

If reviews are anything to go by the Graslin is the correct choice
Hate fitting cheap parts but customers love buying them 🙂

 

[ShaunCorbs]

just a quick note some immersions heater have to have dedicated supplys and need to be wired by a sparky

 

[Stanios]

just a quick note some immersions heater have to have dedicated supplys and need to be wired by a sparky

As in wired into the consumer unit?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

As in wired into the consumer unit?

yea (might be an old ruling tho) not 1000%