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Thanks for the advice from all who helped. I'll get a multimeter when I come back from holiday in a wseek's time

I wired the lead from the immersion to the switch direct and there is no sign of any power reaching the immersion when switched on. Is there another fuse in the mains unit, or is the only thing which can happen that it trips out. I think I've reached the time to call in an electrician!

Thanks for the comments and suggestions .. sorry photos are a bit small but here is some extra info: - connection is from a switched outlet, not light switch, in to the timer then out to the immersion - there appears to be no current to the timer as it is not moving at all - when I originally...

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photos of the timer wiring or of the mains unit? or both?

The story so far! - Old mechanical immersion heater timeswitch stopped clicking power as ratchet appeared to stop working - Replaced with new digital timer .. water only got luke warm - Put back just swithced power switch on and off to heat water until new mechanical timer purchased - after...