Immersion heater not working after turning off mains water

[Wai]

Hi guys

Quick query.

I live in an electrics only flat and recent turned off all the water supplies so that I could change the bathroom and kitchen taps. When I finished I turned all the water back on, but it seems that the immersion heater has stopped working. It worked perfectly before but now there is no hot water coming from the unit. I think the element still works (theres a hiss when i turn it on) but the water coming from it only seems to just slightly warmer than what comes out of the cold taps. Is there something wrong with the water pressure inside the take not driving the convection currents need to make the immersion heater work?

Thanks

 

[Agile]

It seems likely to me that you managed to drain the water out of the cylinder and forget to turn off the immersion heater.

Without testing or inspection its not certain but most likely that you have mnanaged to burn out the element.

Tony

 

[joe-90]

You probably drained the tank to sort the taps then switched on the electrics once more before the tank had time to refill.

 

[Wai]

Cheers guys - hopefully thats the mystery solved

 

[Agile]

That probably explains the cause but it does not fix the problem!

It needs the damage to be assessed to see whats happened and then for the problem to be fixed.

Tony Glazier