Afternoon Chaps,
I wondered if someone might be able to point me in the right direction re. my immersion heater as after four cold showers on the trot, the novelty has well and truly worn off.
I have an analog time switch which I noticed was becoming noisy over the last few weeks and last weekend was starting to sound well and truly knackered. On coming home from work on Monday, and stepping into the shower I was confused to find myself struggling to breathe and swearing repeatedly. I don't normally do this when showering and after several seconds I deduced that it may have been because the water was freezing cold.
I intially thought that it was just the switch that was causing the problem but after bypassing the switch and wiring directly from the mains to the heater, I still have no hot water. The power is definitely there as I can hear activity in the tank when I switch it on so I am wondering if I am right in thinking that the thermostat is ok and that maybe the switch might have got stuck in the "on" position and burnt out the immersion element.
I just wondered if someone might be able to advise me if they think I am correct in this assumption and if so, if they have any tips for releasing the old element as I am worried I might damage the tank as it seems like it might be seized.
Any help would be very much appriciated.
Thanks Guys
I wondered if someone might be able to point me in the right direction re. my immersion heater as after four cold showers on the trot, the novelty has well and truly worn off.
I have an analog time switch which I noticed was becoming noisy over the last few weeks and last weekend was starting to sound well and truly knackered. On coming home from work on Monday, and stepping into the shower I was confused to find myself struggling to breathe and swearing repeatedly. I don't normally do this when showering and after several seconds I deduced that it may have been because the water was freezing cold.
I intially thought that it was just the switch that was causing the problem but after bypassing the switch and wiring directly from the mains to the heater, I still have no hot water. The power is definitely there as I can hear activity in the tank when I switch it on so I am wondering if I am right in thinking that the thermostat is ok and that maybe the switch might have got stuck in the "on" position and burnt out the immersion element.
I just wondered if someone might be able to advise me if they think I am correct in this assumption and if so, if they have any tips for releasing the old element as I am worried I might damage the tank as it seems like it might be seized.
Any help would be very much appriciated.
Thanks Guys