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Topic: Plinth heater

cerys1steve

18/7/2012 at 7:15pm
Location: Warrington
Outfit: abbey vogue GTS 417

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Hi, could you tell me is it easy too put a electric plinth heater in my 2005 pennine pathfinder

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ryanpeter9

18/7/2012 at 7:26pm
Location: Saltdean Brighton
Outfit: Pennine Sterling 2007

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Not got one in my sterling (yet), but in my old smaller pennine I just asked an electrician mate of mine to pop an extra 3 pin plug point in the storage under the bench seat. I then just cut rectangle hole in the front and plugged it in. It was only about £50 to buy.. Make sure it has a thermostat on it so it cuts in and out.. Also make sure nothing covers it in the cupboard! Pete

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HowieG

18/7/2012 at 8:27pm
Location: Derby
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Quote: Originally posted by cerys1steve on 18/7/2012
Hi, could you tell me is it easy too put a electric plinth heater in my 2005 pennine pathfinder

Well, I put one under the oven in my 2005 Pathfinder. The photos of this are on Flickr

P1020847 by Boy at the Edge, on Flickr

There are a few things to watch out for though. You may need to route out the cupboard opening a bit to fit the heater. Also the oven burner is sensitive to draughts underneath and the heater action tends to starve the oven of oxygen if it is on causing the flame to go out. The solution to this is to fit a divider behind the heater so its airflow does not affect the oven. In my case I retro-fitted a cardboard barrier sealed with duct tape and it cured the problem. Most people run the electrical connection into the socket on the right-hand side of the sink area. You need to make sure you don't overload the electrical system by limiting the heater to 2kw as Pennine do. I used the same Smiths SS2EW heater as Pennine factory fit.

IMG_0547 by Boy at the Edge, on Flickr

It was a very worthwhile modification even if you just use it for 10 minutes first thing in the morning to take the chill off the air.

Howard.

foxylady2

19/7/2012 at 7:24am
Location: warrington
Outfit: pennine pathfinder

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Hi my OH fitted one , he is not electrical minded but he didnt have a problem. We got ours from B&Q . They where on offer for £23.50! came with remote control too! we love it and soon heats up the cabin!

richardcook326

19/7/2012 at 10:23pm
Location: Essex
Outfit: Adria Altea 542 DT 2011

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I have installed one in our 2004 pathfinder. Its great and quite easy to do. Like above I placed it under the oven.

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