Recent content by oliverdrums

Cheers for the replies :) We tried a new thermostat and the problem still persisted and it is already a new immersion but it still keeps cutting out. How do you disconnect the thermostat and still run the element? If the immersion was covered in limescale would the water around it heat...

Bump! Hopefully you'll see this Chris :)

So the sage continues... The electician came around yesterday morning and this is where we currently stand - The power is reaching the immersion, the immersion has the correct resistance going through the element (so that is working) and the thermostat is working. Problem is when we turn...

I had a look last night and you were right - the switch on the wall goes directly into the immersion. I checked the thermostat and it was already on 60 degrees and I checked the fuse on the wall switch and that was working... As we had a the immersion replaced last week I am guessing that...

I'll be home in just over an hour so I will take some pics then. Looking forward to the morning when I no longer have to heat water up on the stove!

I'm pretty sure it is doing something as the water hot water definitely feels slightly warmer than the cold water although this just might be because it's from the tank. We have a 'light switch' on the wall which turns on the boiler (our timer broke in February too) and that has a 13amp fuse...

It is a two immersion heater but only the lower one (states 'daytime' on the cylinder) is connected. It is only me and my Mrs in a one-bed flat so I don't think they ever connected both. Not sure about the electric storage heaters and our old timswitch broke so it is now just an on/off...

No access to a thermometer - I was planning to do the test with my little finger! At the moment it is lower than body temperature but I'm not sure what the temperature is set at. And thanks for the heads-up on the hot water cylinder - if I need to call a plumber out now I won't sound like...

Excellent - cheers for your help Chris. I read that the boiler shouldn't be over 65 degress - if I need to turn it higher than this to get the water hot would this imply a faulty immersion?

Hello, I have had some awful dealings with Plumbforce Direct (www.plumbforcedirect.co.uk) and have decided to try to fix the matter myself. They fitted a new immersion for us last Thursday (as the one they fitted in February started to blow the fuse) but on doing so they turned down the...