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Change the outlet to a socket and plug in a "mechanical" timer. Set to midnight, then the next morning you can see how many hours the timer has advanced with the power on.
Thanks, it's in my rented office, I'm not a sparks so don't really want to do any disconnection etc. Is there any other way?
And if you can, take a meter reading when you leave , then check it in the morning. If it has not moved no power.(providing there is only one on the circuit)
If it's rented then get the landlord involved
No, but now you know the heater works and the supply to the other heater is good ,so it must be the supply to the new heater.There are two storage heaters in the office, one works. If I switch that one off I guess I could do the meter check thing, but if the new SH doesn't take a charge in the night then it won't really help will it??
The landlord's agent is involved but we still need to know how to check the off peak supply the the wall outlet by the SH
Thanks for all the useful posts. The old heater failed as the connection block on the bottom burned out on one terminate, like it was black although we never smelled anything. An electrician fitted it and when he left it worked fine for 2 days with input & output on max, we then turned it down for Easter and it stopped working. The fuse in the wall outlet has been changed for one that works and Dimplex have been out but couldn't identify a fault with it. The land lord's agent is helpful but I'm going to have to tell her that I've done all I can and leave it to her to sort out. It may be something to do with the night supply but again it's how to check it out simply, I guess the sparks may have to connect a monitor to it overnight.
If the other heater is working through the night ,and both heaters a supplied from the same board, then the supply to the board is ok.
Has anyone checked the fuse in the board. (fuse box)
If the Dimplex lads had it working , it has to be a fault in the supply circuit.
No I just rent an office as a tenant, a professional sparks installed the heaterGet him back then.........
looking back at your earlier posts - are you a handman? sparky?
No, they are usually on separate fuses.Thanks, the fuse board fuse must surely be ok if the second Sh is working?
Yes it seems that a fault in the supply circuit could be the culprit.
No I just rent an office as a tenant, a professional sparks installed the heater
If the other heater is working through the night ,and both heaters a supplied from the same board, then the supply to the board is ok.
Has anyone checked the fuse in the board. (fuse box)
If the Dimplex lads had it working , it has to be a fault in the supply circuit.
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