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Oil Boiler Isolation Switch.

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Evenin' All,


Regarding an external ground sited domestic oil fired boiler for heating and hot water that has an internal switched fused connection unit nearby inside the house, what regulations will require an external electrical isolator adjacent to the oil boiler? You know the sort of thing, a double pole rotary isolator. 


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    I swapped my heating controller from one which allows different heating periods for water and space heating from one that only allowed the same heating period for both.


    Our boiler no longer cycles during the evening or the middle of the day to top up the temperature of the stored water in the cylinder and the cost savings have been very significant, but generally we still have more than enough hot water, though just occasionally we need to push the boost button on the programmer if the shower is used more than twice during the period when the hot water is off.


    The cost of having a boiler cycling 24/7 to keep stored hot water or the boiler itself up to temperature is very significant and wasteful.


    Andy Betteridge
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    I swapped my heating controller from one which allows different heating periods for water and space heating from one that only allowed the same heating period for both.


    Our boiler no longer cycles during the evening or the middle of the day to top up the temperature of the stored water in the cylinder and the cost savings have been very significant, but generally we still have more than enough hot water, though just occasionally we need to push the boost button on the programmer if the shower is used more than twice during the period when the hot water is off.


    The cost of having a boiler cycling 24/7 to keep stored hot water or the boiler itself up to temperature is very significant and wasteful.


    Andy Betteridge
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