Recent content by Neillala

Wow John and Owain thanks for the useful posts and info! This has now passed well beyond my knowledge of electrics (not hard). Without giving too much away the local tradesmen don't have the best of reputations in this remote part of Scotland so I'm not particularly surprised at the error as...

Yes we have night storage heaters as per the tabs on consumer unit. Another one contains all the lights and sockets etc.

Ok here goes. Hope this is of use.switching the wires seemed to work the large bottom element came on last night on auto and the small one works off the boost switch. Many thanks again

Ah so the timer is actually next to the meter itself? Thanks for that. Unfortunately the meter is outside and the boiler is miles away upstairs in the house so I can't get a photo of it all together. Reckon I may set the alarm and check that the lower heater element comes on in the middle of the...

Hope the photos are of some use. As I say the switches in the boiler room were wired oppositely tho this shouldn't have mattered as long as the sparky fitting it knew that and wired in the e30 to the boost element and the main element to the e7. Fingers crossed. Cheers

Boilers pics

So I've swapped over the 2 switches and now the e30 boosts the upper element. Here's hoping the lower element now comes on overnight on the economy 7 tariff... Here's hoping it will be that simple. Thanks again for heads up on e30 couldn't get my head round it. Just out of interest how does...

Thank you both for your replies. I will post some pictures when I get in. If the e30 can't be on the economy rate I've got a theory which I can test. In the boiler room itself the switches for the heating elements are placed one above the other and I noticed they are wired weirdly. That is the...

Hi all, Bit of advice required please would be much appreciated. Our immersion boiler no longer comes on overnight to make use of the cheap economy 7 meter. It has 2 heating elements. We leave the top one off except if really required. The bottom one works with our boost switch (E30...