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12th Jan 2021, 12:53 am | #21 |
Nonode
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Re: Vintage Dimplex Wall hanging bathroom radiator
I remain satisfied that a switch rated at 5 amps, 6 amps, or any other higher figure would be suitable for a heater with a load current of just over 3 amps.
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12th Jan 2021, 3:05 am | #22 |
Heptode
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Re: Vintage Dimplex Wall hanging bathroom radiator
Crabtree do a 16 amp double pole pull switch with neon . So do MK but with the MK you have to buy the base separately. At leat with the neon you can see if it’s on and if it’s used as a isolator it should be double pole anyway.
It’s not easy to see but make sure that metal back box is earthed on the flex outlet box . Andy
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12th Jan 2021, 10:24 am | #23 | |
Heptode
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Re: Vintage Dimplex Wall hanging bathroom radiator
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I moved mine (same vintage) from the bathroom to the garden shed some years ago but the switch still seems to work. Don't know how much longer the plastic bit will last. I have taken the switch off and could either send you that - or just the plastic bit that the cord attaches to. The switch, properly packed, would cost £3.85/£3.20 first/second class parcel or just thinly protected by letter post £1.29/96p - your choice. The plastic bit by itself would be ok by letter post. If you want either then send me a PM with your street address and I can give you my paypal details.
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13th Jan 2021, 1:45 am | #24 | |
Dekatron
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Re: Vintage Dimplex Wall hanging bathroom radiator
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The best thing to do would be to accept the kind offer of the replacement switch part for the actual heater and put everything back together as it was. You could add an earth to that metal box, but it would only be dangerous if there was a live fault to the box and you reached up and touched the screw heads of the cover plate. You may also receive shocks off the damp wall under this unlikely, but possible condition. I actually experienced this once in an old house many years ago when a female friend received tingling shocks off the walls as she was cleaning them with a wet, soapy cloth. |
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13th Jan 2021, 1:36 pm | #25 |
Dekatron
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Re: Vintage Dimplex Wall hanging bathroom radiator
Just thinking about what I said regarding the heater being fed from the lighting circuit - although this was common, I think in this case that it may not be as I remember you showing the isolator in a cupboard with other switches etc. so it's probably off the ring main and just fed with a lighting grade cable from that switch, but nothing to worry about as it's protected by the fuse in said switch unit.
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13th Jan 2021, 2:57 pm | #26 | |
Triode
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Is there any reason I cant insert this switch into the wall box that is there already? Seen in Pic. Cheers https://www.screwfix.com/p/mk-50a-1-...ch-white/12094 |
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13th Jan 2021, 2:58 pm | #27 | |
Triode
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