Question re new gas CH boiler install.

illuminate

My parents have had a new central heating boiler installed.

Now by all accounts they have made a decent job of it, but I have one concern.

They have connected it to the elec supply by using a 13 amp plug next to the toaster.

My Dad asked why they have not used a permanent supply, and they simply said that they had no qualified sparks, and that what they had done was sufficient anyway.

Now it is gas and not a leccy boiler so I presume the supply is only for the controls, but still ....?

What do you think ?

caveat_emptor

Don't know the layout but the electrical supply to the boiler could have been a switched&fused spur off the ring main (taken from nearest socket). Electrically, the 13A plug does the same job but uses a valuable socket.

ariba10

The elecricity on a gas boiler is used for the gas valve, water pump and timer "If fitted". Very low consumption. Probably 3 to 5 amps. No problem with a plug apart from what Caveat_Emptor said. The losss of a power point

robowen

It should be a 3amp fuse.
Check with the manufacturers instructions, most will be a 3 amp fuse needed.

All of the boilers I've fitted have had an independant switched fused spur waiting for me. I'm not sure its a legal requirement
I'm sure someone else will put us in the picture about this.

rob

moneysavingplumber

Provided it's within 1 metre of the boiler and fused at 3 amps and is the only power source for the entire heating control system, then it's fine.

For example, the Alpha series of combis come complete with 2m of flex to which a 3 amp plug can be connected. The installer can then purchase an Alpha wireless Easy-Stat which communicates via a receiver that plugs directly into the boiler where a timer would usually slot. In theory it eliminates the need for Part P complications on the electrical side.