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Silly question for sure as I’ve been in This house for over 20 years but is this cord in the boiler to turn the immersion heater on wish I was saying asking for a friend but I’m not lol
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It might be, but a switch like that is more commonly used to turn the power to an electric shower (or heater) on and off.
By 'in the boiler' do you mean an airing cupboard with a hot water cylinder in it? How close is that to the bathroom? And is there an electric shower or heater in the bathroom (or signs there was one in the past)?
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Yes I have one similar in my ensuite. It is power to the shower.
I also had one in the airing cupboard for the shower in the bathroom behind. It was a shower for the disabled and I wondered if it was an emergency cut off but thinking about it it was possibly the most convenient wiring.
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Could also be for a bathroom extractor fan.
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What room is it in? What else is in that room?
Could be an emersion heater but these ceiling type switches are normally in bathrooms and emersion heaters arent often in bathrooms. Other likely candidates are electric showers and extractor fans
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thanks for all the replies I can confirm it is for the electric shower started to panic thinking i had it on for 20 years heating hot water for no reason hahaha turned it off and shower doesn’t work it’s located in the kids room in the cupboard
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£2,100/£3000 0% 27 months pay £150 M&S
£3,050/£4000 0% 27 months pay £150 HALI
£2,200/£7250 0% 14 months pay £60 RBS
£990/£2000 28% Zable closed £60
mortgage £22,000/£89,000 2 years left4
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