Hi.
we have an immersion heater that we have had a few problems with. It was running on economy 7 , we had meter changed which disabled the Spurs which was powering immersion heater. we had a electrician come and he installed the two elements on flex with plug tops and changed Spurs to sockets. The bottom one melted ,luckily we was in and smelt the burning. Called him. He denied any blame and said that is ok to do with immersion heaters and he does it all the time.
we had a different electrician come round to rectify. He changed plug sockets to Spurs , and rewired elements. I’m guessing he didn’t use the correct flex as today when heater wasnt working I opened it and the live cable insulation had corroded away And cores inside was very weak.
if I get someone else round what should the correct method be for him to get these working. I’m guessing a certain cable rating and heat proof,should it be on any particular type of spur.from reading online I’m assuming it should also have its own rcd on distribution board. I want to be armed with correct information for when electrician visits.
Thanks.
we have an immersion heater that we have had a few problems with. It was running on economy 7 , we had meter changed which disabled the Spurs which was powering immersion heater. we had a electrician come and he installed the two elements on flex with plug tops and changed Spurs to sockets. The bottom one melted ,luckily we was in and smelt the burning. Called him. He denied any blame and said that is ok to do with immersion heaters and he does it all the time.
we had a different electrician come round to rectify. He changed plug sockets to Spurs , and rewired elements. I’m guessing he didn’t use the correct flex as today when heater wasnt working I opened it and the live cable insulation had corroded away And cores inside was very weak.
if I get someone else round what should the correct method be for him to get these working. I’m guessing a certain cable rating and heat proof,should it be on any particular type of spur.from reading online I’m assuming it should also have its own rcd on distribution board. I want to be armed with correct information for when electrician visits.
Thanks.