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  1. polo1

    Wet pants catastrophe

    Ok, so I've been asked to check a possibly faulty lower immersion element. Sure enough, it's gubbed. Fortunately I had a spare the correct size in the van. Drain down a massive cylinder, but can't get the element shifted. Not insured for hot works, so ask the letting agents to organise a...
  2. M

    oven tripping electrics

    Hello, I have a Neff oven that today started tripping my electricity. I ran some tests to try identify where the issue might be without much success. the fan turns on fine, at 150C everything works fine, the thermostat kicks in and out without problems. If I put the temp higher to 175/200C...
  3. E

    Immersion Element Test Results

    An elderly couple have asked me to look into why their immersion heater isn't heating the water. I have disconnected the element and, using an ohmeter, am getting the following readings: Anywhere from 700 ohms to 60K ohms L-N 70 ohms N-E 500 ohms and climbing L-E I suspect the element is...
  4. S

    Immersion Heater Thermostat scorching

    When I removed the cover from the immersion heater in order to adjust the thermostat I found the thermostat had very deep scorch marks and I could see sparks when I switched the power back on. However, both the thermostat and immersion heater still seemed to be functioning properly. I swapped...
  5. NDG Elecs

    Towel radiator element

    Hi Lads n Ladies, Replacing an electric towel rad element and found the old element was split open along much of it. Just wandering what would cause this to happen. The rad in question is also connected to the wet central heating, and the FCU has a label warning only to use the electric...
  6. Soulsurfer

    IR testing storage heater elements

    Anybody IR test elements to check decent ?
  7. J

    Verifying/confirmation if Horstmann Economy7 Timeswitch needs replacing.

    Hope I've got the right section of the forum for this question (please redirect me if not). I'm looking at a Horstmann Economy 7 timeswitch which appears to need replacing. However the timer (24 section is still turning) and the boost timer winds itself down properly, so the timer parts of...
  8. E

    Overheating dual oven/grill element trips RCD; replace regulator or the element?

    Hello everyone, I recently relocated an electric cooker as I moved to new accommodation. It was working perfectly well before it was carefully moved but now the grill is overheating and tripping the RCD. As funds are limited I'm not sure whether to replace the regulator or the dual oven/grill...
  9. J

    2x 3kW Heating Elements Run in Same Room = Power Out?

    Hi Guys, I'm new to the forum here, and the following question is probably going to seem trivial to you, but hopefully you'll be able to help me. I use a 3kW Heating Element for a unique application. Basically, I use it to heat up a tank of 10L of water to 70C. Recently I made a second tank...
  10. S

    Solar iBoost and new Immersion Element

    Thinking of adding an Solar iBoost to my home system but also changing the immersion heater as its been in for about 14 years and no doubt heavily covered in limescale, not even sure it has a thermostat on it. I noticed that Backer do specific low wattage immersion heaters for Solar. Is it...
  11. P

    Commercial dishwasher heater element

    Commercial dishwasher in a site i look after went 'pop' today, it stopped working a couple of months ago and i found a 4a fuse had blown on the PCB. I changed the fuse and it has worked fine until today, took the cover off and saw one of the three heating elements has burnt out. Found the part...
  12. 1

    Oven element problems

    Hi I have a double oven Europa Smartcook.Generally we need a new element every year, which I can live with, and they always blow whilst cooking. Yesterday however having cooked the meal the oven was switched off but the fan was running cooling as per normal. twenty minutes later big bang, large...
  13. J

    Advice needed: Economy 7 boiler switch

    I need advice in regards to connections to an electric boiler with two immersion heaters. At present, there is an on peak switch connected to one immersion and off peak switch connected to the second immersion. The first immersion is not working anymore. I want to connect the working immersion...
  14. K

    Pls advice . 3x 2kw single phase 220v heater element to 6 kw three phase

    Hi to all So this is the question I have heater system in my basement, it has 3x heater elements all rated 6kw, so i have 3x6kw. Each of them is connected through kontaktor with three phases and neutral wire, so correct me if im wrong, each heater element works 3x2kw 220v right? That means every...
  15. L

    Zanussi ZKC6040 new bottom element in top oven tripping RCD

    Hi Peeps, Had a job where the base element in the top oven had gone on a Zanussi ZKC6040. No problem fitted a new element, swiched on, put hand on the oven base sure enough started getting warm, bosh, job done, thank you very much and see you again! The next day customer phones to say the RCD...
  16. A

    Heating element earth trip

    Hi, Can a heating elements resistance to earth depend on its temperature? As I have one here that trips the RCD but when checking the resistance cold there is around 1.5M ohm-7M ohm to earth which shouldn't trip a 30mA RCD. Putting pressure on the element doesn't change it and there aren't...
  17. E

    Immersion Heater Element problems

    Hi All, Got a problem with a big job we've been doing. Firstly, I'm a spark and not a plumber, but the guy we are working for asked me to get a plumber to fit an immersion heater for hot water to wash his horses off. So my mate who's a plumber installed a 205 litre indirect cylinder, with a...
  18. K

    Indesit cooker (oven) not heating up quickly enough

    Hello there, Firstly apologies if I should have posted this in the DIY electrical section so if it needs moved fair doos. Indesit cooker KP9507EB problem is its taking about 40 mins to reach 200C....grill works fine and so does the thermostat light on control panel..oven is...
  19. dnjr

    Economy 7 water heating

    Dear all This may be a stupid question so have flame proof trousers on I'm doing a refurb at the moment No gas at the property so hot water is electric Plumber is putting in a new dual immersion tank and the property has economy 7 I was going to run two supplies to the tank . One to the...
  20. S

    Dual immersion heater element

    Hi, i have a dual immersion heater element which is being supplied via 2 separate fcu. These are to be replaced with a horstmann E7 controls. The immersion heaters have 2 separate stats, one element is 2kw & the other is 3kw. My question is which one would be for overnight heating & which one...

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