Hi - our heating has packed up and we are trying to resurrect our immersion heater. We put a new heating element into it yesterday and all seemed well - it heated the tank of water. Then we had a power cut and this morning we can't get it to work again. We've changed the fuse and checked that power is getting to the element - but it's not heating the water. Any ideas ?
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If the power is getting to the terminals of the element, the problem is either the element itself or the thermostat/thermal cutout. Check for voltage at the element terminals on the load side of the thermostat. If there is voltage, it's the element at fault assuming you are testing line (live) to neutral. The thermostat has a thermal cutout that may need resetting if no power is getting to the element.
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if you have 230v aprox. between the 2 terminals of the heating element, AFTER THE THERMOSTAT, then the element should be heating water.
if not then it is faulty.
I would check the timer, and the overtemperature stat first though, just in case.
if not then it is faulty.
I would check the timer, and the overtemperature stat first though, just in case.
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