8 Steps to Changing or Updating Your Distribution Board

Since installing FRICO infra red heaters in to hot yoga studios, we have come across a few sites that need to upgrage or update their existing power supply to accomodate for the extra power needed to heat the room up to 42⁰C:

Schneider Distribution Board

1. Contact your electricity provider (British Gas / NPower)
2. Let them know you are planning on adding extra heaters to the system and you require an upgrade / updated header
3. They may refer you to a national energy provider, such as UK Power Networks
4. They willl send you a form to complete (for upgrading existing power supply)
5. They will send an engineer to complete a site survey for the upgrade the power or to update the "header"
6. Following the site visit, they will send an engineer to make the changes and upgrade the system
7. Depending on the location of the power supply to the power distribution board they may need to close part of the road or make special arrangements    
8. Use a local electrician to provide you with a new power distribution board with spare "ways" to connect the new heaters to, along with 10 to 40Amp MCBs on the board 

So, to keep things simple, deal with your electricity provider, ask them the procedure to upgrade or updte your existing power suply and then contact us when you are ready to install the infra red heaters.

If you have any further questions on power supply, please do not hesitate to contact us on the details at the top of this blog.

Best wishes!

Tim