chip fryer.

[telectrix]

fryer is tripping RCBO. continuity 18.9 ohms, IR @500V > 999 Meg. it's a basic fryer, switch, stat and element. no visible wiring faults. got to assume it's element breakdown as it warms up. oh, and tried it on a different circuit just in case the RCBO was to blame. still tripping after about 5 secs.

 

[Geordie Spark]

He,s got no leccy, wont put money in the meter.

Boydy

Leccy meters should pose no problems to a true Scouse sparky.

 

[Geordie Spark]

geordie, the only way to do as you suggest would be for the pub to close down the kitchen while i climbed up on a worktop to get into the DB, the cost involved both in my time and the pub's would be more than 2 new elements.

I was only trying to help.

Shall I go and play with some pipes now??

 

[Geordie Spark]

Take it to your house? Or is it huge.

Ha ha ............... would YOU let a Scouser take anything of yours out of your sight???

He'll have it sold on e-bay or sold to the scrappy in five minutes flat!

 

[Marvo]

Did you remove the cover and check to see if the element terminals are submerged in three inches of five year old congealed grease?

 

[shanky887614]

Did you remove the cover and check to see if the element terminals are submerged in three inches of five year old congealed grease?

Clean oil is non conductive.

Could be contaminated and that might cause the issue

 

[jimmymac]

Drop the elephant off

I've just dropped her off at bingo

 

[guest119]

I've just dropped her off at bingo

Do you know how much a Saturday session costs with a pet? :38:

Boydy

 

[telectrix]

I've just dropped her off at bingo

wondered how long irt would take for the thread to be trashed. surprised it took so long. ignoring geordie's comments. he can't resist having a pop at scousers, just because we got a better football team. :54:

 

[jimmymac]

Sorry for trashing your thread Tel but I've gotta ask.....red or blue?

 

[HandySparks]

Don't you just love predictive text!

I thought that 'drop the elephant off' was some technical slang, unknown to those of us who've spent less than 30 years in the trade.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Drop the elephant off and power up to ensure no issues with stat... but yes does sound like a element fault that shorts/leaks down as the metal expands with heat hence its not detectable before hand.... if its leakage tripping the rcbo then stat should be ok but if a short then i'd order a stat as well they are prone to damage during a S/C ... stick it on a mcb to see if leakage was the cause.

i could understand if it were in trunking....

 

[UNG]

I remember getting called out to a problem with a chip fryer many years ago which was tripping the supply intermittently. After doing some checks I powered it up and it stayed on long enough to find a pinhole in the element with the insulating powder leaking out into the oil. I don't know if it flavoured the chips but the oil went very cloudy and didn't look that good for frying chips and nobody in the kitchen noticed

 

[plugsandsparks]

Simple solution, remove connections to element, wire in your kettle or maybe even two kettles direct to element feed terminals, fill kettle(s) with water and wait 5 seconds, if no trip and kettles boil, replace element. If not replace fryer. Oh and use hot water for cuppa.

 

[telectrix]

Sorry for trashing your thread Tel but I've gotta ask.....red or blue?

red, of course. but still happyt when the blues thrash one of them london poof clubs.

 

[Darkwood]

Don't you just love predictive text!

Ironically it was on my laptop and my nickname for the darn things lol