Electrical

Length of wire from fused switch to appliance

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.18 PM

Good morning all. I've just moved into a property with no central heating in the rear extension. There's a small WC at the back which has 2 fused switches, one for a saniflow and one for a towel rail on the right hand side of the doorway. The towel rail switch is currently hardwired to a 1000W oil rad, which I'm going to remove. The whole of the left hand side of the extension has no power sockets, they are all on the right. I have just bought a 2kw electric wall heater which I want to mount on the left wall just outside the entrance to the WC. I want to use the fused switch to power it instead of the little oil rad. Is there any limitation to the max length of wire between the switch and the heater? In terms of distance across the floor the two are only about 1.5 metres apart, but the wire would have to be run over the door of the WC and down inside the wall to the wall heater. Any advice very welcome. Thanks for your time everyone.