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    Help! Horstmann Economy 7 Quartz Water Tank Heater

    Hi All! I just moved into a property with a water tank heater which has the Horstmann Economy 7 Quartz timer. I include two photos. I cannot find online any guide regarding how to use this and the landlord is not responding as he left on holiday (worst timing ever). Can anyone tell me how I...
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    Have a 2 plug socket in bedroom. Want to plug in 4 plugs from hifi stack system and one from electric heater via a 10 plug extension lead.

    Hi. Am new to this forum and i have an urgent question. Have a 2 plug socket in the bedroom and want to plug into one side of it an upright extension lead holding 4 plugs from a hifi stack system and one from an electric heater, making 5 plugs in the lead. Is this safe to do? Can one socket and...
  3. C

    Better cylinder thermostat for a 3 kW immersion heater

    For reasons which I can explain if necessary, I want to replace the existing "integral" DHW thermostat for the electrical immersion heater with the type used to control a CH boller. I would leave the over-temperature cut-out in circuit. I have bought a Salus CT-100 strap-on pipe/cylinder...
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    Need to install a 240v breaker for water heater install

    Hey guys, I'm installing a water heater that needs a 240 but no slots open (which I've dealt with before), but this system/ setup looks really old! I just want to get a little advice before moving forward (need to install a 240v/ 2pole breaker for the water heater) *Manufacturer recommends...
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    Is this relay suitable for 3kw Willis Heater

    Hi My electrical background is Auto Electrics from decades ago - 230v electiics experience is very mucch DIY. Willis type 3kw heater. Currently switched with a DPST Manual switch. I am hopping to add a relay in parallel with the manual switch. Relay will be switched from a SONOF / eWeLink...
  6. K

    Newlec storage NLSH150 heater any info

    Not very familiar with storage heaters Newlec storage heater NLSH150 in clients property installed 2 years ago has gone belly up. Clients words are it got really hot so they switched it off and it wouldn't heat back up the day after. My obvious thought was a thermal cut out but I've had a look...
  7. M

    Help with Unidare storage heater

    I have a house with these storage heaters and I have no idea how best to use them? They are the Softline version which come with only an input and output option and no timing for when they should come on! After finding a manual it seems they should be always on input all day? And then the...
  8. SparkySy

    1 year old immersion heater keeps tripping thermal cut out, any suggestions?

    Hello good people. I have an ongoing issue with a top entry immersion heater over heat stat that keeps Tripping out. (Built into stat) On a 24hr mechanical timer. The tank was replaced just over a year ago and with it a new immersion heater and stat. The original stat worked fine for about 3...
  9. W

    Immersion heater query

    Wonder if someone can explain this to me, if youve got an economy 7 controlling your immersors how is it wired if you have an off peak and a boost option but there’s only one live connection within the unit?? Question 1 lol! Question 2 - how would you wire it if you have 2 immersors but no off...
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    UK Should vending hot drinks machines with thermostatic water heaters be classed as fixed equipment?

    I'm looking at a vending hot drinks machine 2.9kW that has a thermostatically controlled hot water tank permanently attached to a water supply that is just plugged into a radial 16A circuit with a 13A three pin plug. The machine is continuously on. The circuit is also used continuously for a...
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    UK Can a 1.5kW wall mounted convector heater be supplied via a 13A fused plug?

    Apparently Dimplex only guarantee their heaters if they are permanently wired in to a fused outlet. If the socket is only about 600mm from the heater and the cable is clipped to the wall or skirting board instead of trailing across the floor then what's the difference? Any thoughts?
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    Some strange substance coming out of space heater

    Hi. I know this probably isn't the most fitting platform to post this question, but I was racking my brain where I could get an answer to my issue, and this forum is what I came up with. I have a small bathroom Lasko space heater (1500w). I bought it around 3 years ago and my wife and I use it...
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    Water heater query

    Wonder if anyone can help out, my experience in heating is minimal. So house I was working in had a circuit for the water heater, which went to a double pole switch at the water tank. But the water was controlled from a programmer in the kitchen which was supplied from the heating circuit. The...
  14. Chivers

    Opinions on Coding a Tubular Heater

    How would you personally Code a Tubular Heater that was fixed to a Wall Horizontally with Two brackets. The Heater being about a meter long but one bracket supporting it had the top half broken but supported by the Bottom section and the other bracket completely intact? Just opinions &...
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    Replacement of an x shaped convection heater element.

    Hi, I have a princess 1500w smart glass panel heater which only chucks out half the heat it should. I've checked the thermal fuse with a multimeter and it seems fine but the element has twice the resistance I think it should have and therefore only kicking out half the power. It has a high and a...
  16. J

    Storage Heater with one dial

    Hi! A storage heater in my home has two switches on the wall, two on the heater and one dial. How do I operate the storage heater?
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    Wiring heater and thermostat advice please

    Hi - we have an inline heater for a vent system that appears to always be on. I believe the electrician may have wired it incorrectly with only a 2 core wire from thermostat to heater control board. Please find attached wiring diagram and photos of the heater control board and the thermostat...
  18. littlespark

    Storage heater teleswitch

    There was always talk of teleswitch transmitters being switched off. Does anyone know if that is a thing, or whether it’s been done? I was at a local holiday cottage on Monday, owner said 2 out of 3 heaters weren’t working. I found one burnt switch, which I replaced, but nothing wrong with...
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    Horstmann Water heater controller for Economy 7

    Yesterday moved my Mum into her new bungalow. The Hortsmann had been off for a few months I suspect. The boost worked, but nothing happened overnight on economy 7 even though I set the timer dial correctlt etc, so no hot water this morning. I can't see anywhere in the threads on here whether...
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    Homeowner - Pushmatic Breaker and Water Heater Conversion

    Hi all, I converted my gas water heater to electric. I have a two pole pushmatic breaker of 20 amps. I am wanting to connect this to a 40 gallon 4500 watt water heater. I currently have a 12/2 wire connected, and get 240 volts when read with a multimeter. I wanted to get input before I...
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