Thermal Cutout

[dingbat]

Anybody know where I can get an old style thermal cutout - the melty alloy type - for a Creda storage heater about 20 years old?

I'm getting nowhere on the internet, even searching using the part number that was helpfully attached to the connector block and obviously the shops are closed at the mo... It's for a dear old lady who could do with staying warmer than she is at the moment!

Grateful for any helpful steers.

 

[breezer]

how about hotpoint, since they and creda are same company,
the website (get phone number etc) is here

 

[dingbat]

Cheers breezer, always there - you really should get out more!

No mention of heating on that site, but I have noted down a few of their local stores.

Has anybody had experience of these things melting? The heater is on a perfectly good circuit and all the elements test okay. The input control appears to be functioning as expected, it's just that this thermal fuse has melted. The annoying thing is that the supply is on eco-7, so unless I hack into the normal supply, or attend in the wee small hours, I have no easy way of verifying that all is well. Of course, I could easily bridge the link with a bit of 15A fuse wire, but that's not really acceptable - I need to find out why this fuse melted... the only thing I have to go on is that the output vent control is stuck on full; but surely this wouldn't cause the problem, would it?

 

[breezer]

Cheers breezer, always there - you really should get out more!

No mention of heating on that site, but I have noted down a few of their local stores.

you are right i should.

i believe that they stopped making the heaters quite some time ago, i meant for you to give them a call as they may just (in some obscure corner) have what you are looking for.