Electric Panel heater failing to come on

[united4ever]

Hi, I have a heater which failed to turn on after a few months of being off.

It is a Creda Nobo Heater Electric Panel Heater (I think it is series 14)

I turn it on and the light on the control panel comes on as if it's working but the light just above the thermostat does not come on (it used to come on).

Crucially though there is no heat coming out.

The thermostat is turned up to the max temp and we have tried moving this. We changed the clock to the right time. We pressed the rcl button. It's not on any timer setting so should just come on when we turn it on.

We have 4 of these heaters in our flat (5 years old) worked fine until now but this autumn 2 out of the 4 failed in this way.

Any ideas what this could be? Are these heaters common, would any electrician be familiar with them/be able to get parts? Also, what costs may I be looking at to fix it?

Thanks

 

[telectrix]

check for a resettable thermal overload. get a meter across the element and the stat. the element should read around 25 - 30 ohms.

 

[united4ever]

check for a resettable thermal overload. get a meter across the element and the stat. the element should read around 25 - 30 ohms.

Thanks, that's an idea....although I have no knowledge of electrics myself (should of said I am just a complete novice with electrics) so don't have a meter - will try and employ an electrician and mention your idea to them.

 

[polo1]

Nobo are now part of Creda. The E4EU 14 series does have a thermal cut out and it's likely to be this that has failed as Telectrix has said.

 

[KevinS]

It's probably cheaper to put it in the bin and buy a new one