Indeed. I wonder if it was 0.03 kΩ - i.e. 30Ω which, as winston has said, is about what one would expect of a working 2kW element.
A 48W element??
Kind Regards, John
Faulty Dimplex storage heater.
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There’s 3 elements in there. Total 2.55KW. so 850W per element
= 62Ω per element.
= 62Ω per element.
Sorry, getting muddled.
Was thinking 3.4kW for heater so 1100W each.
Was thinking 3.4kW for heater so 1100W each.
Fair enough (I was thinking that there were 3 x 2kW elements!), but I still can't see that EFLI's "1,100 Ω" could be remotely correct.
As I said, if the OP's figures are actually in kΩ, they would at least be in roughly the right ballpark, albeit about half of what one would expect of an 850 W element.
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I cannot believe there are three separate elements.
Why can't you believe it? Quite apart from the fact that we know that it is true of the OP's heater, I thought that such an arrangement was very common (maybe even always the case) for storage heaters?
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Do you mean 'OL'?
It would be strange to show '0' (zero) for 'open' and '0'.
It would be strange to show '0' (zero) for 'open' and '0'.
Because his drawing shows four elements
As EFLI has said, I think it's very unusual - as he says, it's normally something like "OL" or a "1" at the LHS of the display.
In the context of this thread, of one thing we can be sure - that no DVM would display "0.03" for an open circuit !
I'm still wondering if the figures being reported are actuallyt kΩ.
Kind Regards, John
I think you and I should have Googled the actual model, quoted by the OP, earlier.
TTC's drawing you mean? - if so, then yes, it does, but we (including TTC, who said so in the post to which you responded) know that the OP's one has three elements and, in any event, I thought that what you "could not believe" was that there were multiple separate elements (whether 3 or 4) - which, as I said, I thought was 'the norm' for storage heaters.
Kind Regards, John
You're right - I was misremeberifying this: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/klima-ufh-mat-am-i-being-stupid-here.487217
For each of the three? As you've been told, even that figure does not make much sense - they ought to be around 60Ω if OK, or 'infinity' (or near zero, but then something would have tripped or blown) if dead.
For all three elements to have similar, but very 'wrong' resistances would, as has been said, be a ridiculous co-incidence. Are you sure that the battery(ies) in your meter do not need replacing? You could try measuring the resistance of a kettle or toaster, and see if you get a sensible answer.
Kind Regards, John
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