Hi,
Can a central heating boiler be fitted with a 13amp plug and be plugged into a wall socket?
Many Thanks
Suzanne
Boiler
Sep 03, 2006
3 Replies
If you use a 3 amp fuse and either a double pole switched socket or an unswitched socket it will work quite safely. It would however be better to use a switched fused spur and wire the boiler into that.
Adam
I recently had my combi serviced, and the engineer changed the 13 amp fuse to a 5 amp and thats plugged into a wall socket.
More of the same, my gas central heating boiler, pump and wall thermostat are all powered from a 13amp plug in a wall socket. If you are talking about a wall hung boiler near a kitchen sink then there might be an electrical safety issue regarding a 13amp plug and socket due to the close proximity of the sink, taps and water.
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