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alisam

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#191309 31-Jan-2016 17:29

I have a 'chappy' coming this week to quote for a high wall mounted heat pump installation.

I try to do a bit of homework for such meetings, but what I cannot find out from googling whether

a) Both require power or

b) Both use one power outlet. If so, which one?

Anybody who has a heat pump will instantly know and so would I.

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#1482341 31-Jan-2016 17:36

Power usually goes to an isolator switch on the wall beside the outside unit, and into that, then from there some multicore wire to the indoor one. 3 core+earth is the norm, and they make a blue jacketed one for aircon use.

For baby ones they will usually take power from a power circuit in the room that they are cooling, for big ones a dedicated feed from the breaker panel.

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#1482538 1-Feb-2016 07:28

Most are hardwired back to the board, which has caused plenty of heat pump installers to get pinged over the years for illegal electrical work (which is another story entirely).

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