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Adding a timer to an immersion heater switch

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  • 26-06-2019 6:46pm
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    Road-Hog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,412 ✭✭✭


    I’m looking for an electrician to install a timer onto a typical bog standard immersion heater but failing miserably trying......there seems to be a total lack of electrical people willing to do a small half hour to hour job. Looking at the wiring diagram it seems fairly easy to do......would I be Mad to attempt it myself...?

    I assume a plumber could do job also but they are equally as difficult to get


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    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 16,875 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    If you post what part of the country you are in a plumber or electrician might pm you.

    During the boom lots of tradesmen only wanted the big jobs. As a result they didn't have a lot of clients on their books when things went south. Many of these big plumbers & electricians had to leave the country to find work. The guys that stuck with the small jobs continued to be busy throughout the downturn. Some of these have had their busiest 10 years ever. There's a lot to be said for being a man in a van doing small jobs. Every call out worth 70 or 80 euro.


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    serox_21
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    If you like DIY stuff and have some knowledge about electricity + youtube is doable to approach it yourself. (2-3 hours)

    Otherwise maybe search for an electrician or handyman.


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    check_six
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    It'll need a good quality timer switch, and some heavy gauge electrical wire. There are large currents drawn by the immersion heater and if either of these parts are too flimsy you'll have stuff melting unexpectedly! Keep looking for someone to do this for you if you have any doubts at all because, even though it is relatively straightforward, it is something you want to get done right.


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