Hi all.
My mum has just moved into a flat and it has an electric central heating boiler and a hot water tank/immersion heater for the hot water. I’ve said will look into putting a combi boiler in to free up the space in the cupboard for a washer/dryer.
The flat is about 10 years old. The boiler is fed from a 32a MCB, but the combo’s seem to be around 14.4kW, so 63a needed. The main switch is 100a, so by my reckoning, it would need a separate CU installing. As long as what I’ve said so far sounds ok, the problem starts there. The electric meter isn’t inside the flat, but in a communal switch/meter room. I’m guessing that means we won’t be able to put in a parallel supply to another CU.
What would you normally do in this instance? Is it a question for the management company? Has anybody had any success in doing this? I could just put a 63a mcb in place of the 32 in the current CU, but I fear it might be overloading the main switch?
My mum has just moved into a flat and it has an electric central heating boiler and a hot water tank/immersion heater for the hot water. I’ve said will look into putting a combi boiler in to free up the space in the cupboard for a washer/dryer.
The flat is about 10 years old. The boiler is fed from a 32a MCB, but the combo’s seem to be around 14.4kW, so 63a needed. The main switch is 100a, so by my reckoning, it would need a separate CU installing. As long as what I’ve said so far sounds ok, the problem starts there. The electric meter isn’t inside the flat, but in a communal switch/meter room. I’m guessing that means we won’t be able to put in a parallel supply to another CU.
What would you normally do in this instance? Is it a question for the management company? Has anybody had any success in doing this? I could just put a 63a mcb in place of the 32 in the current CU, but I fear it might be overloading the main switch?