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by sparx »
Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:50 pm
Hi. not advisable or desirable since storage heaters run for many hours at a time and are meant to only be on during off peak rate times.
You would need time clock and the plug through type won't last long at max load so unless the storage heater is considerably less than 3 kW you will have a potential overheat/fire risk in middle of the night!
What's a 'heavy-duty plug'?, all 13A domestic plugs are rubbish! imho!
Would never run one at full load for more than a short time,
eg 230volts X 13A = 2990W (2.99kW) so 3 kW is overloading plug and it will get hot!
Further any fixed load of more than 3kW should be on its own circuit, eg immersion heater, so not good practice anyway.
regards Sparx