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    Burnt out fuse on immersion water heater

    Have a fault where the ecomony 7 (or whatever it's called) overnight water heater element keeps causing heat damage to the fuse in the local fused switch. The element seems to be 15A rated so the first time I was called out I told the landlord it was too high for the 13A fused switch and needed...
  2. J

    3kW Immersion Heater

    This is completely separate to my other thread. I have an 11" 3kW titanium immersion heater that I use to heat a small tank of water. I've been using it for a long time. With the tank that I have I can heat up 10L of water to 70C. It works, but recently, I've heard popping noises and I've taken...
  3. C

    Advice , changing immersion hearted switch to digital timer

    Hi guys me and my partner have recently moved into a new property that us an immersion heater switch for warm water , problem is one of us always forgets to turn it off and it just burns through the electricity so therefore I bought a digital timer so it can be set when to come on and go off so...
  4. B

    Modern replacement for a standard tank and immersion heater

    I have a client who is using a hot water tank and standard 14in immersion heater element on a 13A fused spur for their hot water needs. It's running 24/7 relying on the immersion stat. There is no gas to the property (and no potential of getting it). Its a very large 5 bed farmhouse. What's the...
  5. S

    Immersion timers keep failing

    Hi all . Have been to change an immersion timer for a Santon premier to210e invented cylinder. This cylinder has a 3kw immersion element (240v) I have fitted two different timers to replace the original but they have both failed after a few days of operating. After a few days u no longer get...
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    Clear stuff exuding from neutral terminal on Immersion element

    Hi, got this request to look at immersion heater. Customer says there was a burning plastic smell coming from immersion element head, he looked and saw clear "stuff" coming from the blue terminal. I asked if the cable looked burnt and he said no. So I was thinking of going with some butyl and...
  7. Midwest

    Economy 7 Installation

    I'm doing some work at a property that has off peak storage heaters & immersion heater. The old lady has just moved in, and are trying to understand how Economy 7 functions. None of my work involves the off peak supply. My understanding was that the only circuits to benefit from the off peak...
  8. O

    Horizontal immersion heaters - any good?

    The guy fitting my boiler next year seems to have a preference for horizontal immersion heaters. It's a bio mass (Wood pellet) boiler. I need an immersion heater for several weeks before the boiler is fitted. Then the immersion will be used as the store from the boiler - as well as back up. On...
  9. charlie76

    No Equipotential Bonding to Water

    Been to a job today to replace a faulty immersion thermostat. The existing spur supplying it was broken and about 30 years old so I replaced that and installed a DP water heater switch. Also the HR flex to the immersion was cracking through age / heat fatigue so replaced that. Seems the supply...
  10. C

    New Hard Wired Smoke Alarm

    Hello, everyone. Four weeks ago, an electrician came to my flat and installed a smoke alarm. He wired it up to the lights on the fuse box. A cable runs from the fuse box, into the alarm on the ceiling right next to it. Here's the thing. Since installing it, the cost of my electricity has...
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    Power cable for 2.8kW immersion heater

    Hello good people, I will be wiring a 2.8kW immersion heater in a 50L stainless steel pot (homebrewer here). The whole thing will be controlled by a small computer + a solid state relay. I've got a 12g (2mm) 50cm cable running to the heating element from the SSR. Now I would like to get a power...
  12. LeeH

    Solar Immersion Options.

    With 4eco gone are there any better systems then the iBoost on the market? Apollo GEM? Solarimmersion? Thanks.
  13. B

    Immersuns causing faults???

    I have had x3 faults appear recently on plumbing/electrical systems to which I have fitted Immersun: - A Cotherm immersion on a Megaflow cylinder went open circuit after about 2 years of Immersun use. Needed to be drained and new immersion fitted. - A Cotherm immersion on an Albion cylinder...
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    Immersion Element Test Results

    An elderly couple have asked me to look into why their immersion heater isn't heating the water. I have disconnected the element and, using an ohmeter, am getting the following readings: Anywhere from 700 ohms to 60K ohms L-N 70 ohms N-E 500 ohms and climbing L-E I suspect the element is...
  15. J

    Iboost and immersion heater thermostat

    Hi All, more by way of a query really, we had an Iboost (immersion heater proportional controller for diverting excess solar power) installed when our panels were put in last october and the thermostat recently failed on the immersion heater - in such as way as the Iboost keeps providing...
  16. J

    Immersion Heater Problem

    Hi, I've made a water recirculation system. To heat the water, I am using: 1kW 11" Immersion Heater + 7" 88 Degree High Temp Stat I'm using 10L of water total, and would like to achieve a stable temperature of 70 Degrees. I was told this would easily be possible (and higher) using what I've...
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    PV immersion controller

    Does any one know at what PV panel output (watts) does a immersion controller kick in. I'm looking for something around 500 watts if possible. Any advice gladly received. Ted
  18. S

    Immersion Heater Thermostat scorching

    When I removed the cover from the immersion heater in order to adjust the thermostat I found the thermostat had very deep scorch marks and I could see sparks when I switched the power back on. However, both the thermostat and immersion heater still seemed to be functioning properly. I swapped...
  19. T

    Immersion Heater in 1.5mm flex

    Hi guys rewiring an immersion heater from a double pole 20amp switch, circuit is wired in 2.5mm t+e up to DP switch. What are peoples thoughts on using 1.5mm flex the regs state that this is capable of carrying u to 16 amps ,would prefer to use 2.5mm flex but can not find a 20amp dp switch with...
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    HELP with immersion heater problem.

    Just moved into flat and hot tank is hot all the time, I don't have any control over the immersion heaters. The "restricted" E7 unit seems to be working OK but the "un restricted" unit just never switches off? We have two switches in kitchen and I have had them switched off now for 48hrs but...

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