Wiring up an immersion heater - help please

[lofty84]

Hi guys if anyone could help me out here I would really appreciate it. I've got to wired up a immersion heater. There is a switched fused spur mounted on the outside of the cupboard housing said immersion heater from this is a piece of flexed which need to be wired in. On top of the immersion heater is somewhere for the cables to go on the left is a heatrae terminal with a minus sin above it and on the right is a rdg terminal with a plus sign above it i take it live goes to the right and neutral to the left and the earth to the bi screw which says warning this alliance must be earthed. If so I will need some sort of earth crip and then a nut to tighten it down and make sites there a good solid connection. Any help greatly appreciated as there waiting on me to do It

 

[Octopus]

Biting my lip AGAIN.

 

[Andy78]

Hmmmmm

 

[darkstar26]

lofty, i cant believe so many people are taken in by your threads, your keyboard must be soaking wet with tears of laughter dropping from your eyes while you are typing!

 

[Geordie Spark]

Carry on bonny lad ....... if, when ye switch it on the wattor gans hot, ye've gorrit reet.

If it gans BANG, then ye've gorrit rang !!

Simples !!!

 

[lofty84]

I'd sooner it didn't go bang can someone please be nice and advise me

Pretty please with a cherry on top

 

[telectrix]

think it's time for some serious reading. this job is just one step above wiring a plug top.

 

[monkeyelectric]

Get an electrician in!

 

[HandySparks]

I take it you're using an AC supply, rather than DC? In which case, the + and - will be the thermostat temperature setting and nothing to do with the supply connections.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Lofty, it's just a Resistive load, it don't matter what way round yous join them wires to it.