Immersion Heater Electrics

[kosrug]

Hi All,

This is a post I have put into the Plumbing section but have been told to put it in Electrics too just incase you guys can help me too!

I have a very annoying problem with my immerison heater, First of all I have changed both elements. The day time one went first and got it fixed by a plumber at the cost of 200! then the second went (well i thought it did) and replaced that at just over a hundred. The Day time one is working fine but the night time one is still not working, the light on the switch does not go on at night so only get hot water at day rates. I have contacted the plumbers who changed the night time element to come and look at it again and after 3 days of trying to get them around and constant calling they say it is an electrical problem which could be a blown fuse without actually coming round to see or test the system and as they are plumbers they cannot fix the problem. I think they are trying to just fob me off and don't really know what to do next.

I need help. Could someone please tell me what the problem could be so I could try and investigate the problem myself or know who to contact next.

Thanks again for anyone that can help!

 

[jj4091]

In view of the recent horific publicty on this subject I would you suggest you call some one who knows what they are doing http://www.competentperson.co.uk/

 

[ColJack]

have you looked at your fuse boards to see if there are any blown fuses or tripped breakers?
( make certain by turning the breaker off and on again.. they can trip internally if the lever is stuck.. )

is your meter still switching on / over at night to the "economy 7" board?

have you checked at the switch to see if power is getting to it at night?

 

[kosrug]

I've looked at the trip board and switched them off and then on again and it is not tripping the system, so no tripped breakers. Would this be where the fuses are instead of the breakers when they are talking about checking for the fuse??

I'm guessing it is as the storage heaters in the flat are still going on at night.

I haven't checked to see if there is power getting to it at night, would that be my next step and what if there isn't any power getting to it?

 

[ColJack]

if there is no power getting to the switch, then you've narrowed the fault down to either the breaker, or the cable feeding the switch..

if there IS power at the switch, then you've ruled out the breaker and cable as the problem and can then check further to see if the power is getting form the switch to the element.. if not then the switch or cable from the switch to element is the problem..

it's all about doing things in a logical order..

and yes that's what they mean when they say check the fuse... most of the time.. you just check all the fuses that are feeding a faulty item from the item back to the board..

 

[baldelectrician]

get someone in to check the circuit, from the description I would put money on it being the E7 timeclock (usually in kitchen)

You should use a competent person for the work, links below

In Scotland:
Individuals regitered;
http://www.sbsa.gov.uk/register/ListAC.asp
Companies
http://www.sbsa.gov.uk/register/SearchCo.asp?T=Construction&ID=2

In England and Wales:
http://www.competentperson.co.uk