Folks,
My hobby room has a 1Kw underfloor heating element, connected to a dedicated off-peak circuit. Most of the time this is adequate but during extended cold spells it's really not sufficient for my old bones.
Accordingly, I've just taken delivery of a new oil-filled radiator (DeLonghi V550920) intending to connect it to the off-peak circuit's
3-pin socket - previously used, I believe, for a standalone storage heater - to take advantage of the 2 hour 'boost' available between 12:00 and 14:00.Unfortunately, when reading through the instructions, I came across this paragraph:
"Caution: In order to avoid a hazard due to inadvertent resetting of the thermal cutout, this appliance must not be supplied through an external switching device such as a timer, or connected to a circuit that is regularly switched on and off by the utility."
In the real world, I'd have thought plenty of people would be turning this sort of device on and off by plugging/unplugging it or using the wall socket's switch - and I can't see how this would be any different from turning it on and off via a timer or an off-peak circuit.
Can anyone help me to understand what's going on here, please? Is there really some material reason why turning the device off and on "at the mains" is a no-no?
Thanks, Peter