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Sorry ... I should have made myself clearer. Why buy a fan if your heater which has an electrical safety rating for use in damp conditions and a motor rating for 24h continual use? Not all desktop fans are electrical safety rated for use in damp conditions even if protected by the correct switching gear, nor might be 24h rated. Running in cold mode is Ok. And one piece of gear rather than two?
......we don't have a fan heater. When we did it was only on when the greenhouse needed heating.el48tel wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 12:53 pmSorry ... I should have made myself clearer. Why buy a fan if your heater which has an electrical safety rating for use in damp conditions and a motor rating for 24h continual use? Not all desktop fans are electrical safety rated for use in damp conditions even if protected by the correct switching gear, nor might be 24h rated. Running in cold mode is Ok. And one piece of gear rather than two?
Not talking about the socket which should be correctly IP rated anyway. Talking about the fan itself which should be correctly IP rated. Domestic fans are not sufficiently constructed to be used in damp or exterior conditions and carry a lower IP grading. The warranty will not be valid because it is being used in conditions outside the ones stipulated in the purchase agreement / sale contract conditions and you could run foul of the HSE for being outside the current IEE regulations. Trust me you don't want a visit from them - they will check every piece of everything, equipment and documentation (I say that because you say you are business premises - and they can be quite unpleasant).Chez2 wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 2:19 pm......we don't have a fan heater. When we did it was only on when the greenhouse needed heating.el48tel wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 12:53 pmSorry ... I should have made myself clearer. Why buy a fan if your heater which has an electrical safety rating for use in damp conditions and a motor rating for 24h continual use? Not all desktop fans are electrical safety rated for use in damp conditions even if protected by the correct switching gear, nor might be 24h rated. Running in cold mode is Ok. And one piece of gear rather than two?
We have a 30 x 18 foot polytunnel with a greenhouse gas heater in the middle. The gas heater is on a thermostat and the fan is turned off at the socket at night. Its plugged in to one of the covered, outdoor waterproof sockets within the tunnel.
No, we are not a business premises. Polytunnel is ours for our use only. Our last fan is still going strong, had it for years, possibly well over a decade.el48tel wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 2:42 pmNot talking about the socket which should be correctly IP rated anyway. Talking about the fan itself which should be correctly IP rated. Domestic fans are not sufficiently constructed to be used in damp or exterior conditions and carry a lower IP grading. The warranty will not be valid because it is being used in conditions outside the ones stipulated in the purchase agreement / sale contract conditions and you could run foul of the HSE for being outside the current IEE regulations. Trust me you don't want a visit from them - they will check every piece of everything, equipment and documentation (I say that because you say you are business premises - and they can be quite unpleasant).Chez2 wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 2:19 pm......we don't have a fan heater. When we did it was only on when the greenhouse needed heating.el48tel wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 12:53 pm
Sorry ... I should have made myself clearer. Why buy a fan if your heater which has an electrical safety rating for use in damp conditions and a motor rating for 24h continual use? Not all desktop fans are electrical safety rated for use in damp conditions even if protected by the correct switching gear, nor might be 24h rated. Running in cold mode is Ok. And one piece of gear rather than two?
We have a 30 x 18 foot polytunnel with a greenhouse gas heater in the middle. The gas heater is on a thermostat and the fan is turned off at the socket at night. Its plugged in to one of the covered, outdoor waterproof sockets within the tunnel.