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  1. kneo1812

    PTC heating elements

    Hello. I have been experimenting with some ptc heating elements, the ones that come in a rectangular aluminum extrusion. Its a 100x21mm that is rated for 110v and 230 deg c. There are great variety on aliexpress. I am interested in a temperature of 210 deg C but I cant find one specified in...
  2. P

    i keep blowing cooker elements, is my wiring safe?

    I need some help with the wiring to my electric oven as I keep blowing the element in the main oven.
  3. M

    Dumping PV into PTC heating elements

    Thinking of a simple way of cooking direct with PV in the summer - ie, DC, no batteries or inverters. This concept seems simple and scalable. Envisioning something pretty scaled up - using around 3kW of PV. Considering using PTC elements. Here is a catalogue with some basic information on...
  4. R

    RCD and Elements

    To whom may know the current standards, if I have a element that is connected to the body of a machine, do I need an rcd in line. As the elements give a slight leakage and trip my test rcd. Do all heating elements have leakage?
  5. B

    Oven elements help!!

    Is it possible to run 2 oven elements (under 3kw total output) on the one 13amp plug?? I want to create a powder coating oven made from a small metal office cabinet, however every double oven i can find is rated way above the 3kw max rated for a 13amp supply, therefore i wanted to see if i...
  6. Diver233

    2391-51 practical elements tomorrow top tips gratefully accepted

    hello all, The day has come for me to sit the practical elements of 2391-51 periodic tomorrow. I am looking for your top tips for the picture codes, and the written questions and practical Any advice gratefully accepted
  7. LisaHamilton

    Am I buying from a reliable seller of towel rail elements?

    I just purchased a towel radiator for my newly renovated bathroom last week, and I’m now interested in buying a towel rail element with thermostat from this online seller. But before I decide to avail anything, I want to ensure first that I’m buying from a good seller. Is there anyone here who...
  8. H

    Oven Element Quick Question

    Neighbour having an issue with oven. Will work fine for so long and then it trips off the RCD. RCD resets but oven will not work after that for a day or two. Neighbour seems to think it's been since her husband cleaned the oven. I suggested changing the element but would be a bit of a gamble...
  9. Soulsurfer

    Horizontal water cylinder

    Hey all, so I'm rewiring a nightmare house while girl still living in it ! Plumber gets a cylinder and says direct 1 X 3kW standard immersion. So I run a 2.5 through most of house to loft.. Comes today saying just worked out he got wrong cylinder and where he wants it there is no space for vert...
  10. G

    Change voltage?

    Hi, I have a large cooking machine with 12kw banks of elements that heat a water tank. The machine is wired three phase but is not english, so the elements have a range of 210v to 280v so was wondering if I could some how put them onto our 240v? If I leave as it is our 400v three phase will burn...
  11. J

    help - bath pasteuriser problems with elements

    Hi there Thanks for the ad on the forum! Ive been able to do most things my demanding wife asks of me, but this project is doing my head in. We had made an in-bottle bath pasteuriser and fitted it with 2 X 3kw universal flat heating elements. Now, Ive installed temp sensors and adjusted the...
  12. Soulsurfer

    IR testing storage heater elements

    Anybody IR test elements to check decent ?
  13. J

    2x 3kW Heating Elements Run in Same Room = Power Out?

    Hi Guys, I'm new to the forum here, and the following question is probably going to seem trivial to you, but hopefully you'll be able to help me. I use a 3kW Heating Element for a unique application. Basically, I use it to heat up a tank of 10L of water to 70C. Recently I made a second tank...
  14. 2

    RCDs tripping feeding Megaflo heating elements

    Got 2 32A RCDs in a CU, each one feeding a respective Megaflo water heater circuit. At the Megaflo each stat head is wired back through a timer and onto a fused spur. RCD is tripping straight away with cables connected to the stat and stat into element. Dissconnect stat from element and it...
  15. C

    CATERING: salamander grill elements??

    hi new to this site.. i have a 8 element 3kw grill thats elements keep blowing after a few days... the elements should be 375watt 240v. totalling 3kw im thinking they shoud have a 154 ohm resistance my boss ordered new elements telling me they are 110v 360watt, just put them ones in..... i...
  16. A

    Heating element earth trip

    Hi, Can a heating elements resistance to earth depend on its temperature? As I have one here that trips the RCD but when checking the resistance cold there is around 1.5M ohm-7M ohm to earth which shouldn't trip a 30mA RCD. Putting pressure on the element doesn't change it and there aren't...
  17. S

    Faulty storage heaters

    Hi folks Was called to three storage heaters which have stopped working (all storage heaters in property). Two of the connection units into which the heaters are wired have neons, and the customer says these light up when the storage supply is on over night (so problem is not with supply or...
  18. loplug

    Heater elements

    last week i went to a leisure center to check some heater elements in the spa pumps so i checked the insulation resistance and measured the resistance of the elements and listed these results for the customer. today i got an email forwarded from the customer saying that they need the "element...
  19. C

    megaflow elements not heating up, despite element and stat testing fine

    Hiya, got an old heatrae sadia megaflo which looks over 10 years old. Just got this flat as its been empty for a while. Turned it on but no joy no hot water, there are 2 elements, one normal and 1 boost, tested the supply to both of the two radials supplying the elements and have 240v, have got...
  20. J

    generator to power drier ovens

    Hi. please advice on the following. My generator is Stamford /Newage 125 KVA, 415/240 Volts, 174 Amps, 1500 rpm, pf 0.8. I want to build a load bank comprising heating elements each of which is rated at 6 Amps. I have a total of 36 such elements. I have divided them into three groups. My...

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