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Outside Heaters - wire size?

GSPfan · 2018-05-26 10:57:19

Hi all. I need to install two outside heaters in the sisters garden. Each one is 2000W’s. The run of cable back to the board is about 20+ metres. Anyone able to tell me what size cable I’ll get away with running and what size protective device is required? There’s a lot of messing around with bringing the cable out of the…

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26-05-2018 11:57am

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GSPfan

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Hi all.

I need to install two outside heaters in the sisters garden. Each one is 2000W’s. The run of cable back to the board is about 20+ metres. Anyone able to tell me what size cable I’ll get away with running and what size protective device is required?

There’s a lot of messing around with bringing the cable out of the house then into the attic and out into the garden so the bulkier the cable the more annoying it will be. But safety first.

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