Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Central heating timer swop, what amp rating.

  • 30-11-2010 1:51pm
    #1
    woody33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭


    The timer in the boiler house of our oil fired central heating gave up the ghost a long time ago, I ran a wire into the house and put a light switch on the wall to manually switch the boiler on and off. It's been working fine for years, but I'd like to have a functioning timer. Sooo... the old timer was a mechanical APT one, the same as on the immersion, but I wonder could I use one of the cheap timers that fit a 3-pin socket since the boiler + pump ampage would be much less than that of the immersion? The APT timers are 40 bucks, and we have a few plug-in timers lying around. Thanks for any replies.


Comments

  • #2
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,262 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    woody33 wrote: »
    The timer in the boiler house of our oil fired central heating gave up the ghost a long time ago, I ran a wire into the house and put a light switch on the wall to manually switch the boiler on and off. It's been working fine for years, but I'd like to have a functioning timer. Sooo... the old timer was a mechanical APT one, the same as on the immersion, but I wonder could I use one of the cheap timers that fit a 3-pin socket since the boiler + pump ampage would be much less than that of the immersion? The APT timers are 40 bucks, and we have a few plug-in timers lying around. Thanks for any replies.

    No reason why you can't use a plug in timer.


Advertisement