Electrical — Heating
An electric radiator draws as much as an oven, and it draws for a long time. Installing one begins with checking that the home can carry it — then giving it its own circuit, its protection and its control.
Output
Around 100 W per m², to be adjusted
Standard
A dedicated circuit above 2,000 W
Area
Paris 6th, 7th, 14th, 15th, 16th
Five points, from sizing to commissioning.
A hundred watts per square metre is a starting point, not a rule: a poorly insulated top floor needs more, a room between two heated apartments far less. Oversizing is expensive to run.
Above 2,000 W, the radiator has its own way at the consumer unit. Several small heaters may share a circuit, provided their total is calculated.
In a bathroom, its position follows the zones set by the standard, and the circuit must have 30 mA protection. Fan-assisted models draw more: they almost always need a circuit of their own.
An extra conductor that allows the heating to be programmed room by room from the consumer unit. If you might want it one day, better to run it now: it costs almost nothing at the time of fitting.
Fixed into the real wall, at the right height and with the required clearance, connected through a connection box — never a plug. Then a test under load to check what it actually draws.
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Consumer units · Ceramic kiln installation · Fault-finding and electrical repairs · Switch replacement · Socket replacement · New sockets · Bringing wiring up to standard · Recessed spotlight installation · Recessed spotlight replacement · Appliance installation · Appliance connection · Lamps and light fittings · Doorbells · Radiator and towel rail installation · Radiator and towel rail replacement
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Four 1,500 W radiators add 6 kW to everything else: on a 9 kVA supply, the meter will cut out one winter evening. I carry out the power assessment first, and tell you whether to raise the supply or rethink the distribution. The same quarter of an hour spares the same poor purchase as with an oven.
Five arrondissements — the Left Bank, and the 16th just across the river — covered neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Each arrondissement has its own page, as does each neighbourhood.
Paris 6th Luxembourg · Rue de Rennes · Saint Sulpice · Mabillon · Raspail · Notre Dame des Champs · Odéon · Montparnasse · Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Paris 7th Champ-de-Mars · La Tour-Maubourg · Saint-François-Xavier · Rue du Bac · Saint-Germain · Solférino · Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin · Invalides · Ecole Militaire · Gros Caillou
Paris 14th Brune · Didot · Montsouris · Denfert Rochereau · Mouton Duvernet · Plaisance · Pernety · Montparnasse · Alésia
Paris 15th Necker · Saint Lambert · Vaugirard · Croix Nivert · Lecourbe · Convention · Commerce · Javel · Beaugrenelle · Grenelle
Paris 16th Trocadéro · Passy · Auteuil · La Muette · Victor Hugo · Porte Dauphine · Chaillot · Ranelagh · Exelmans · Porte de Saint-Cloud
Beyond these five arrondissements: elsewhere in Paris and the Île-de-France, depending on the project.
Tell me about the situation, with a photo if you have one. I reply the same day.