immersion heater only heating top half of tank..??

[martyc]

Softus...your input is useless.
And i really dont think you are capable of doing much more than trolling here.
Ive read your posts...only a day or so ago you told someone they must drain their whole heating system to replace a rad valve!!
And as for yor crap about rising damp a while back!!!


BTW The ammeter on my multimeter can handle 20A...as most standard MM's can. And i have it 15 years, the one i had beore that...an analogue one could also take 20A.

This IS a very simple problem...its a large Kettle we are dealing with after all....nothing complex
My problem is I cant see inside without the risk of irreversible damage...for all i know both the elements fitted might be too short for my cylinder...the cylinder might be full of crap etc etc.
If i took the elements out i would bench test them have a peek inside and id know within minutes what the problem is...but im not sure i want to risk that.

Thats why i asked here...peoples experience I have learned is worth listening to(not yours tho)...people might have seen this problem a hundred times over and saved me some time...but all you want to do is dissect my posts and try to belittle me, and make me out to be a liar.
Now go try annoy someone else please....its not working here.
Marty.

 

[Softus]

Softus...your input is useless.

Did you measure it with your multimeter?

And i really dont think you are capable of doing much more than trolling here.

Another one of your famous assumptions.

Ive read your posts.

I bet you haven't read all of them.

only a day or so ago you told someone they must drain their whole heating system to replace a rad valve!

Nope - from memory the OP was unsure about what would happen if a rad valve was removed, and asked if he needed to drain or freeze, and I said either. And since you've hijacked your own topic by raising this point, my advice was based on the experience draining hundreds of systems, and knowing draining is simpler and has the advantage that in doing so you can judge the internal health of the system see from the colour of the water coming out.

And as for yor rubbish about rising damp a while back!

Do tell. What rubbish was that? Do you have an example of rising damp, through brickwork, that you've seen yourself, and have seen cured by inserting a damp proof course and by no other remedial work? Well, martyc, do ya?

BTW The ammeter on my multimeter can handle 20A.

Well then, go for it. You seem to think that it's simpler to couple it up in series and do a live test, instead of isolating the circuit and checking the value of a resistive load.

as most standard MM's can.

That's patently nonsense.

This IS a very simple problem...its a large Kettle we are dealing with after all....nothing complex

And yet you've been imagining all kinds of complexities, like a submersed thermostat.

My problem is I cant see inside without the risk of irreversible damage.

Your problem is that you don't realise that you don't need to see inside.

for all i know both the elements fitted might be too short for my cylinder...the cylinder might be full of rubbish etc etc.

Well only you would know, because despite the sticky topics you haven't given much away regarding the details of your system.

If i took the elements out i would bench test them

Ooh, a bench test. That would sort everything out.

have a peek inside and id know within minutes what the problem is...but im not sure i want to risk that.

Well then, keep on with your guesses and assumptions. After all, it's "a simple problem", so how wrong could you be?

Thats why i asked here...peoples experience I have learned is worth listening to(not yours tho)...people might have seen this problem a hundred times over and saved me some time.

I've seen it a hundred times over, so collectively we must all have seen it thousands of times. And yet you want to peek inside, because you know better.

but all you want to do is dissect my posts and try to belittle me, and make me out to be a liar.

If you don't want to made out to be a liar, then don't tell lies and half truths.

The fact is that all I "want to do" is know the resistance of each element.

Now go try annoy someone else please....its not working here.

I can see that you're not at all annoyed.