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    Immersion heater wiring - help needed please

    Hey all, Before anybody says "get a qualified electrician" - i can't, i can't afford it and so i am asking for some help so we can hopefully have hot water for the winter! The immersion heater we have heats the hot water only (a boiler does the central heating). The water has suddenly become...
    • ivrytwr3
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    • electricians' talk heater help immersion immersion heater needed please wiring
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    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. M

    Immersion heater spur getting hot

    Hi, Basically as it says on the tin above. I put the immersion heater on tonight and after about an hour the water's nice and hot but the spur is hot to the touch on the faceplate and the little screw holding the fuse socket in place. I realise a lot of power is used to heat the water but is...
    • ma701ss
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    • electricians' talk getting heater immersion immersion heater spur
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Immersion Heater Element Fault....Help Please

    Hello. Ive just got back off a job, I narrowed it down to the immersion heater element causing a b16 60898 mcb to trip. I disconnected the thermostat to see if that was causing the problem first which in this case it was'nt. I then put the terminals straight on to the element terminals to...
  4. N

    Immersion Heater Circuit

    I have a plumber mate who is installing an (3Kw I believe) Immersion heater into a property and needs it wired in. I know in an ideal world, i new circuit from the CU, 16A CB and 20A FCU, as we all know the world is not always ideal and getting a new circuit from the CU to the airing cupboard...
    • NewbieRuffy
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    • circuit electricians' talk heater ideal immersion immersion heater upstairs world
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. M

    MarkII solar immersion heater switch

    HiInstalled, on Wednesday , markII and power reducer 3Kw to 1.5KwToday was getting over1500W but immersion heater not starting.MarKII pcb led light is now red and still over 1500w at 14:36 pm but no response from immersion heater.If I use override on markII then immersion heater startsAny body...
  6. C

    water in the terminal of immersion heater

    hi does anyone know possible cause of water in the terminal of immersion heater? electrician said he never saw this problem before and suggests a heating/plumbing expert but has disabled it till plumber is able to call......no hot water and this has only happened since wood burning central...
    • Caren Mccabe
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    • electricians' talk heater immersion immersion heater terminal water
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Central Heating Systems
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    Immersion heater only heats top of cylinder

    I have just got my system going with a home-built controller to use 'excess' PV generated electricity to heat my indirect hot water cylinder. This has a top entry 3kW Steeple 80027BT immersion heater (which I imagine is 27 inches long, I cannot find any technical data) and a Diamond WT18...
  8. G

    Immersion Heater - Constantly on and using electricity?

    Hey everyone, I'm a first time user and needed some information about immersion heaters. I have an immersion heater tank in my bathroom (fairly big) which supplies the whole flat and has two heating elements going in to it. They are both wired into switches with indicator lights on them, the...
    • GAZROG
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    • electric electrical electricians' talk electricity heater immersion immersion heater using
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Central Heating Systems
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    dual immersion heater

    I got a job next week to connect up a hot water cylinder which has dual 3kW immersion heaters. Ideally I would run 2 new 2.5mm circuits from 2 16A MCBs on separate RCDs but there are not enough spare ways in the CU. Is there any reason why I shouldn't run a 4mm radial on a 32A MCB and split it...
  10. i=p/u

    immersion heater

    hi. i went to see an immersion heater tonight that hasn't been working for a number of years according to owner. soon as i turned it on it trips the rcd, then i take off connections at immersion heater and it doesn't trip rcd. so tells me the element. when i took element cover off you could...
  11. BigSi

    Rayburn heating an immersion heater.

    Just got back from one of my customers, after replacing a thermostat in her immersion tank. Now the problem is, that this is a regular occurrence that happens every six months or so. As the thermostats should last a lot longer than this, I’m wondering if something else is at play? She also...
    • BigSi
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    • electricians' talk heater heating immersion immersion heater times water
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    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. M

    immersion heater

    Hi folks, Just a quick question about an immersion, Called to a job and the girls gas has gone, she also sources hot water via the gas, can I in any get hot water via the immersion as a tempory solution. There is mains still at the immersion fuse spur.
    • Martinm
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    • electricians' talk heater immersion immersion heater
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    PV immersion heater proportional control

    I joined the forum to investigate proportional (immersion) heater control to try to make better use of spare power generated by my PV installation. Thanks for the help that I've found so far. I would still be interested in hearing from anyone who knows of a ready made board offering proportional...
  14. G

    Immersion heater regulator

    Hi, Is there such a thing as an immersion heater regulator. I have no electrical experience but here is the question. Usual topic of diverting PC electricity to hot water. Instead of changing the 3kw element to a 1kw as most do can you have a regulator (something like a dimmer switch) where...
  15. K

    Immersion Heater Mystery!

    Hi guys I was called to a clients house today, because for a week they've had no hot water which is supplied by their immersion heater in the loft. There is 230V L/N going into the timer, 230V L/N going from time to the immersion. There is 230V L/N going into the thermostat, which is set to...
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    Immersion heater timer switch

    Hi, I have a spur leading to a 3kW immersion heater as shown in the image below (circled in red). I would like to change this to a timer - so I can take advantage of economy 7. Can anyone recommend a good timer to fit? All I need is 2 hours per day, off peak. Thanks,Alex
    • alichambers
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    • bottom electricians' talk heater immersion immersion heater product switch timer
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Re connecting up customers immersion heater

    Hi. Just been to a customers house which has just had a new water tank fitted by a plumber. The customer would like me to re connect up his immersion heater as the plumber wouldn't do it. (clever plumber)! During the quotation i noticed that the old immersion heater was on a 13 amp plug to a...
    • apdevelopments
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    • connecting customer customers electricians' talk heater immersion immersion heater indent supply water
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    remote switch for immersion heater

    On a job today, saw someone had run a twin from an immersion heater DP isolator, to a remote switch. So in essence, at the remote, they were only switching the live. I'v never done it like that, I always take L + N to the remote first, then to the immersion DP isolator. Is there anything wrong...
    • Richard
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    • electricians' talk heater immersion immersion heater method really remote switch
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    immersion heater problems!!! all 7 of'em!

    Ive been called out to about 7 different jobs this week!! All to check why newly fitted immersion heaters were not working properly. Its always the same thing. Plumber fittied new immersion heater and since then the water doesnt get fully hot or after the 1st bath the water wont heat up enough...
    • egginyourface
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    • electricians' talk heater immersion immersion heater problems
    • Replies: 46
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. O

    1KW Immersion Heater

    I know this subject has been covered many times but my simple question is: We use an oil fed boiler for central heating to our home and for hot water. During spring and summer we usually switch off the central heating and just use the oil boiler for supplying our hot water. Usually fired up for...
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