New Electricity Connection

so ask for a quote without storage heating, and use something less overpriced for heating instead. Storage heating is by far the most expensive option.

If you want to later, even on a meanie 40A supply theres enough headroom for partial overnight storage heating, though not a full thingy.

Really, do yourself a favour and look to other forms of haeting.

NT

Transformers vary in size, so depending on what its rated at and what=20 heating the cottage you rent out has, they may well be right to say it=20 needs upgrading.

The thing with storage rads is they`re all on at the same time, so=20 although the other larger premises might be getting fed by the same size=20 transformer, if they`re not using storage rads they might be able to=20 allow for a much greater diversity.

Incidentally, i`ve seen much higher quotes for a single phase supply :-}

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Sounds like a new oil central heating system would come in cheaper, hopefully allowing you to use the existing transformer for both houses.

Christian.

Unfortunately plumber has already installed a dualheat boiler (a combined unit for hot water and central heating) as the assumption was we would just pay the connection fee to the electricity board not need a new transformer. The boiler has a 9kW power requirement and is designed to use an off peak economomy tariff. The small cottage is only 2 bedrooms. Does anyone know what size the electricity boards transformers come in