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    Immersion Heater timer problem

    Hi there, newbie here so apologies if I'm posting in the wrong forum. We've just moved in to a rental flat which is on an economy 10 meter. Off peak hours are 12-5am 1-4pm and 8-10pm. Obviously to avoid having to get up and switch the immersion off at 5 so I've got hot water for a bath in the...
  2. B

    work this one out

    Went to a callout today, every time the pump on a solid fuel system kicks in the dvd player turns off for a second then comes back on,the same applies when the pump turns off. The system was on a plug top plugged into the ring. I checked all connections and were fine. I then ran an extension...
    • Benjamiin
    • Thread
    • cooker electrical work immersion out switch voltage
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. M

    Immersion Tripping RCD

    Hey folks just looking for some info here.. Im after changing my element for my immersion as it kept triping the RCD.. I installed a backer bt7 7" Rod, I wired it the following, (1)Live to The Element (2)from the other side if the element I connected it to the L on the immersion (3)Neutral to...
    • momac1985
    • Thread
    • element immersion rcd tripping verdana
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    immersion tank earthing

    i have replaced a immersion tank and it is connected to less than a meter of copper pipe then it connects to plastic pipe,there is no other copper piping in the flat and therefore there are no earth clamps anywhere on any pipes now i have refitted the tank i am thinking that i should fit earth...
  5. Robotstar5

    Immersion heater stat

    Going to replace the immersion heater stat that failed, it's a Backer BT18, been fitted about 4 years but only used during summer off-peak (central heating provides hot water in winter). Question: is Backer a good make as I'd like to buy something decent that will work/last, any suggestions?.
  6. P

    Double immersion

    Hi guys wonder if anyone come across this one, got called to a cylinder with two 3kw elements in it, both fed from a 32a breaker to two fused spurs with 13a protection. The shop owner says that one of the spurs banged and after this neither element now works. Firstly thought that the supply was...
  7. J

    Immersion heaters

    Hello all, I am struggling to find the basic principles of immersion heaters, plus the advantages and disadvantages anywhere on the internet could someone please help thanks. Jack Rathbone
    • JackRathbone
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    • heaters immersion
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
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    Immersion heater timer

    Evening all, Could anybody recommend a good timer control for use on an immersion heater please. I have previously used the Hortsmann range but the client has specified that he would like multiple timer settings (ie. having say 3 different on periods during 24 hours) as well as a boost button...
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    Immersion heaters ??

    I have a job to do tomorrow where a unvented direct hot water cylinder was installed just over a year ago. Job came through as no hot water. Anyway I have been there and both immersions are scaled up and faulty so gonna replace them and fit a limescale inhibitor. At the moment its got both...
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    Changing Immersion heater control - linking terminals

    I need to change an immersion heater timer control and plan to replace my current control unit (which doesn't have a boost button) to a Horstmann Electronic 7. The installation instructions are in the link below...
    • Davidjlondon
    • Thread
    • changing control heater immersion terminals
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Unvented Immersion Cylinders.

    What's the score with these? On a job at the moment and a plumbers put in a direct unvented immersion. He wants me to connect it up. Read manufacturers instructions and seems to be no issues for me. It provides a wiring diagram. A simple feed to each element. Via a boost and ECO7. Also just...
  12. A

    Are You Wary Of Changing Immersion heaters?

    A few days ago while working on something different in a house I came across this leaking immersion which the owner had not noticed. The immersion heater had been changed a week earlier but I could see there was a puddle on floor around it. The plumber who did the original job was called out to...
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    Immersion wiring requirements for wireless Immersun/iboost communication

    Hello there As I understand it an immersion should be on its own dedicated circuit according 17th edition regs. As I am sure many of you have found this is often not the case with older immersion installations. Now we have a number of proportional controllers that have or can have wireless...
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    SolarImmersion - Permanent Live

    Recently had the solarimmersion installed to make use of all the winter sun (lol). NICEIC elec wired it in and I checked his wiring and it looks right to me. It has been factory reset and cailibrated with the PV turned off and it does have the correct message on the display. The output goes...
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    Immersion tripping RCD

    HIi guys, Had a call out to a property today and looking for a bit of advice. As stated the RCD trips whenever the immersion heater kicks in. I have disconnected the incoming cables and Insulation Resistance tested them and they come out >200MOhms which is all good. The element is a Theeta...
  16. B

    EICR code

    Hi Guys had to do an EICR today for a job on which the installer hadn't certified. Everything was okay but I didn't know what code to give for the following; the immersion was supplied via off peak supply on its own circuit but the top element was supplied via the ring main? I remember...
  17. E

    15Amp immersion plug

    have a customer who's just had a EICR done.has told me he's got a C2 on his immersion heater because it's an unfused 15A plug and socket.Although it's seperately fused in the consumer unit and switched locally, how can that possibly be a C2? he's asked me to remedy it.any suggestions?
  18. J

    Another immersion heater controller....

    Morning all Has anyone come across or used the Solamiser? GET FREE HOT WATER FROM SURPLUS SOLAR PANEL PV ENERGY WITH SOLAMISER A fair bit cheaper than the usual suspects, without the bells and whistles, which might make using excess generation for space heating more cost effective. (Pity us...
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    double element immersion heater wiring

    Hi Guys I've just come across an old immersion heater which I have never seen before and wonder if you can give me a link to a wiring diagram. Element in at the top, two elements (different lengths), one thermostat, two cables coming in so each element separately switched, BUT one neutral cut...
  20. dlt27

    Immersion Heaters advice.

    Can anybody help. I have been to various call outs for faulty immersion heaters. Now I know how to test stat, element etc. and how to sort the problem, but what I could do with somebody explaining is why some heaters have a built in reset button and some don't, why some stats have a built in...

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