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Jabbajaws

Hi All,

I may have brushed up on this subject previously. If l have l apologies, as this is something I've been monitoring for the past year now.

My mother has Creda Storage Heaters Model 79161 and they work, even though they are so old I think that Noah may have given them to her from the Ark.

One of them, last year was getting noticeably hotter than the others last year. Also there is a section of discolouration directly below the air vent and the discolouration is the same length as the air vent itself.

I've asked her if she had been drying clothes on it and she insists that she hasn't.

Obviously it goes without saying that i'm going to test this heater before she starts to use it again but i'm after data specs for the heater and can't seem to find any. Anywhere on the face of the internet. Infact the model 79161 is about the only one l cannot find.

Does anyone know where l can locate a pdf manual for his task please chaps?

Also, regarding the Zs. I'm going to have to wait until the Economy 7 YEB timeclock kicks in to operate the supply for the heaters before this is possible, am l not?

A daft question l know but ive never done a Zs on a night storage heater before and just after confirmation from wiser individuals who have experience in this and that im doing this correctly. Ta :38:
 
If you can not get the specs could you not test the others and compare the results?
Or could it just be that the thermostat has failed?
 
Yes earthstore, thats one way l suppose, if l test the heaters themselves. Obviously due to different cable lengths, all the values will differ when comes to Continuity, IR & Zs etc....
 
Could you just test the heaters then?
I really do not think that the different lengths of cable would make just one overheat...
 
Could you just test the heaters then?
I really do not think that the different lengths of cable would make just one overheat...

I wasn't implying that it would make them overheat, merely that if they were all same length then then l would have expected the Zs and IR readings to be similar.

Ive got no data to go on but l found slightly earlier manuals than the model 79161 and also manuals for models after the 79161. Im more concerned with disassembling the problamtic one correctly and dont wanna damage.

I know that they've prob stop manufacturing them now, due to their bulkiness, which is why l was after a manual. I'll have a look at the manuals l can access and see whats different about them.

Thanks for your feedback, Earthstore....
 
Is it just a storage heater or does it have a convector as well ?
 
If she had been drying clothes on it the thermal link would have gone before now
 
Is it just a storage heater or does it have a convector as well ?

If she had been drying clothes on it the thermal link would have gone before now

I dont know Ferg, l think its just a storage heater. And how would l be able to test the thermal link?

I havent got knowledge of how to do this at present and would love any input that you can give. Thanks.
 
The thermal link would stop the heater working at all.

Discolouration below the vent isn't that unusual given the age.

Storage heaters aren't complex creatures.

Storage heater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm sorry if that link is teaching a granny to suck eggs...

But I think it might give you a rough idea as to how they work.
 

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