Elec hot water wiring ?

[masterblaster]

Hi guys.
on the cabin we're doing l picked up a little 55 ltr elec hot water service for it.
The guy at the secondhand place l bought it from reckons you can just fit a normal cord and plug to one that size and just plug it into a power point.
Would that be right and is that safe or would l need to get a sparky to wire it into the power box ? .


Thanks for that .
MB

[Barry_White]

I would have a look at what the rating plate says. If it is under 10amps it woud be Ok.

[masterblaster]

Thanks once again Bazza , appreciated .
l'll take a looky first thing tomorrow .

Cheers
MB

[Jedo_03]

I would have a look at what the rating plate says. If it is under 10amps it woud be Ok.

Hi Bazza
What if it's OVER 10amps. . ?
Thanks
Cheers
Jedo

[Ivan in Oz]

Even if under 2400/2500 Watts,
I'd hard wire it.

On a Tangent;
why are so many GPOs [Power Points] about 250mm off the floor.
More useful ; and out of the way of Small Hands; at about 1200 mm from the floor:confused:

[boban]

On a Tangent;
why are so many GPOs [Power Points] about 250mm off the floor.
More useful ; and out of the way of Small Hands; at about 1200 mm from the floor:confused:

At 1200 they are in plain view and not very visually pleasing. Other than that there is no reason. My fridge GPO is at 2000mm.

[Ivan in Oz]

At 1200 they are in plain view and not very visually pleasing. Other than that there is no reason. My fridge GPO is at 2000mm.

That's worse,
Eye Level.........Euch!!

[Barry_White]

Hi Bazza
What if it's OVER 10amps. . ?
Thanks
Cheers
Jedo

If it is over that you would need a 15amp powerpoint so it may as well be hard wired on its own circuit.

[boban]

That's worse,
Eye Level.........Euch!!

You're a big boy if that's eye level for you:eek:. And you've grown mighty quick since those Toowoomba pics were taken.

It's behind a cabinet Ivan. It's done that way so that the fridge doesn't hit it if you push it all the way back.

[Ivan in Oz]

Always looking up:eek:

[thatirwinfella]

depending on what type of water heater it is, it may be best to get it hard wired and connected at the switchboard at a different tarriff rate. It doesn't sound too big, so it may heat the water up quick enough for you to just turn it on of a morning.

I don't know if the night rate is cheaper [i don't pay the bills around here] but the cost of getting it done may outweigh the any reduction in running cost.

In my opinion it would be better to get it hardwired regardless of whether you have it put on a different tarriff. That way you avoid those instances where it gets unplugged accidentally and noone notices until someone wants a shower, and in a practical sense, it will most likely draw too much current to be on a shared circuit.

[lnt9000]

55 litre doesn't qualify for off-peak tarif, minimum is 150ltrs depending on which state your in, should be hard wired with it's own circuit and fuse, the problem with plugging it in to a powerpoint is that if it's rated at 2400w then plugging anything else into that circuit eg: Toaster would overload your line.

[masterblaster]

Thanks again for that guys .
Posted a reply awhile back but it mustn't have gone through.
l'll see if l can find the amp thingy and take it from there l guess .
lf it is only 10 maybe l could just plug it in for now , look at forking out to wire it in next round , out of mooler !

Catch ya.
MB