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Electrical thermostat wiring question.... Plinth heater...
jossey - 21/1/13 at 07:48 PM

So but Radom I know but I know scene will know.

I saw a guy put a plinth heater in his campervan and wire up a thermostat like a house of to control it.

So ...

The plinth heater has just a standard 13 amp plug

Can I wire a digital heating thermostat to this????

Thanks in advance....

gazzarose - 21/1/13 at 08:01 PM

You'd have to check the current capability of the timer. I've got one running a 150w heater in a towel rail, and I had to run it through a relay. With a 1kw+ plinth heater, I'd say you definitelynred one.

Gareth

jossey - 21/1/13 at 09:25 PM

Thank you for the reply....

Ill look into a relay then :-)

Cheers





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Originally posted by gazzarose
You'd have to check the current capability of the timer. I've got one running a 150w heater in a towel rail, and I had to run it through a relay. With a 1kw+ plinth heater, I'd say you definitelynred one.

Gareth

ernie - 22/1/13 at 03:28 PM

A plinth heater is normaly around 2kw = 10amps, if yours is a 10amp room stat from TLC would do