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  1. O

    Problem with Inverter and or Solic 200 immersion switch

    I had a 4kw system fitted nearly 2 years ago with a Solic 200 to divert excess energy produced to emmersion heater in hot water tank and all was working great until a week or so ago. First of all PV solar all working OK, and every morning when inverter starts for first time Solic kicks in and...
  2. H

    12KW three phase immersion heater

    Hi all, good afternoon. New on here, so here goes! Quick question and some advice really! I have a 12KW three phase immersion heater installed into a hot water cylinder (for commercial premises). The immersion heater enables and disables via an on site building management system so therefore...
  3. Prime Design

    Immersion problem

    Hi lads, My client is having problems with her peak and off peak immersion. She claims she isn't getting enough hot water. I turned both thermostats up but she is still having the same problem. They are new elements but I tested them anyway and they are working fine. I'm wondering if the...
  4. J

    "disconnected" old immersion heater point gives a reading on fluke tester

    A relative has asked me to install an electric shower. He suggested i use an old electrical point that used to be used for an immersion heater, but has now been plated off with a blank plate and the live and neutral wire inside have been taped off with red insulation tape. I used my fluke clamp...
    • jonboy2015
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    • disconnected fluke heater immersion old point reading shower tester wiring
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. T

    Economy 7 tripping when all heaters and immersion are on

    I live in a park home, it has off peak storage heaters and off peak bottom element on the hot water tank. If I just have the three heaters on[elnur 2x1.7 and one 900w combination with convector] it normally works fine although it has tripped once. But if all are on plus the immersion the main...
    • treborssenni
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    • economy economy 7 heaters immersion tripping
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  6. applemac

    Dual immersion help please

    Hi everyone, need your expertise on hot water tank set up, theres a large hw tank with dual 2.7kw elements with stats controller isn't working as micro switch is broken, but house has new ish economy board supplying about 7 night storage heaters but spark-plumber has installed hw tank on...
  7. 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...
  8. L

    No immersion heater

    hi everyone, im new here,and looking for some advice on immersion. My boiler packed up 2 weeks ago, and having problems trying to fix, sort, research a new one. In the meantime I thought i could use the immersion for hot water. It appears i dont have one. I have a normal non condensing, none...
  9. B

    immersion heater timer

    whats the best timer that wont burn out in under a year (last one i used was a grasslin)
    • bolt the volt
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    • heater immersion timer
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. A

    'Soft' switch and green corrosion on the other

    Hi! I'd just like a quick bit of advice, we have two fused switches in our airing cupboard for the hot water cylinder, one main switch which comes on during the off-peak of our economy 7. The other which is for the immersion. We've stopped getting any hot water from the main off-peak part of...
    • auds
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    • green immersion other something switch water working
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  11. SolarCity

    Solar immersion device capable of running 6kW immersion

    I have a customer with a 6kW immersion heater and we are trying to find a device which will cope with this size. All the ones I've seen so far are rated at 13A maximum. Anyone know of a device which could do 6kW?
  12. 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...
    • Jason63
    • Thread
    • advice boiler economy economy 7 element immersion needed switch using working
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  13. B

    hortsman economy 7 quartz system faulty

    Hi all and thanks in advance for any help. I live in a all electric flat and we have a hortsman econmy 7 quartz hot water system, recently the off peak immersion went and we have been stuck using the boost for a few days as and when we need hot water. we are in the middle of trying to contact...
    • bones101
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    • boost economy economy 7 fault faulty immersion landlord light system under
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  14. cprfenom

    immersion on a non dedicated radial

    I went to a job that the owner felt was a bodged job. It was basically a radial circuit wired at the start in 4.0mm T&E, and then it goes to a few sockets that is supplying a washing machine and tumble drier. From there it goes upstairs to the airing cupboard where it feeds a single switched...
  15. cprfenom

    Pump shower, immersion on plug tops

    Hi people I have been asked to have a look at a house where another firm has put a pump shower 3A and an immersion 3kW on plug tops. Now having looked at the regs I am of 2 minds... I personally do not like immersions being on plug tops as they don't like being loading for such long periods of...
  16. 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...
    • edrobbo8
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    • element heater immersion problems
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. L

    SOLIC solar immersion controller

    Afternoon all, I've been looking at getting a solar immersion controller for my solar PV 3kWp array, and although the IMMERSUN and iBOOST look like the prime players, I'm keen to know whether any of you have had experience with the SOLIC unit? It appears to do the same job as the rest, looks...
  18. S

    Use old immersion wiring to use for Sockets?

    Just discovered the old wiring for the immersion heater. We have very few sockets in old victorian house. The immersion heater wiring was left in a terminal block wrapped up in masking tape! I changed the old wylex fuses on the CU to use MCB, thankfully I switched the 16A fuse off for the...
    • Stuart Todd
    • Thread
    • cable immersion likely might old socket sockets wiring
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. 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...
  20. B

    3kw Immersion blowing sfcu 13a fuse about once a month...any ideas?

    On dedicated 16amp mcb Wired in 2.5t&e to sfcu (13a fuse) then 2.5mm heat resistant flex. Fuse has popped twice in last 8 weeks etc. Element R 18ohms. all seems ok? Should I just swap sfcu for 20amp double pole switch? haven't clamped to measure the draw yet as didn't have it with me. Cheers
    • bleach
    • Thread
    • between blowing element fuse ideas immersion protected switch
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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