A Suitable Training Course...

NewHomeowner · Oct 28, 2015

Hi everyone - I've been on here a few times before and found replies helpful.

I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good training course (3 days or so) for (inexperienced but 17th edition qualified) electricians to help me with a 'blind spot' in my knowledge around heating systems - in particular work on or in relation to boilers / immersion heaters / storage heating / fault finding of same and so on and so forth. I rarely get asked to work on these areas, but they do come up and I find myself having to reluctantly turn down the work purely because of a lack of confidence / experience.

An unusual question, I agree - and it may be in the wrong forum, but I'd appreciate some feedback.

Thanks

KingKenny

Phoenix · Oct 28, 2015

What is it you are struggling with? Heating wiring can be a little confusing to some, but its just a bunch of switched lives and there are some good diagrams on the honeywell site.

Storage heaters are just an element in a load of bricks, only thing that ever normmaly goes wrong is the thermal link when covered with a blanket. Watch out for older models with asbestos

Immersion heaters are just an element in a tank of water. Either the safety stat operates and needs reseting, the element goes down to earth or looses continuity. If its the first, reset it and turn the normal stat down a touch, if its the second, disconnect it and get a plumber to change the element, unless you want to risk getting wet

Andy™ · Oct 28, 2015

iirc one of the heating manufacturers used to do some training course, honeywell i think. they also have lots of info on their website

Murdoch · Oct 28, 2015

Honeywell (in Bracknell) do a 1 day course for a few quid - suggest you look at their website!

NewHomeowner · Oct 28, 2015

Thanks everyone for your replies.

To be honest, I don't have any specific issues - it's just that I haven't been exposed to much heating installations 'in the field', so to speak, and didn't cover much in theory during my training either, so a primer or Heating for Electricians 101 would probably be enough for me to broaden my understanding.

Anyway - Cheers.

KK

roys · Oct 29, 2015

Do the Honeywell course as Murdoch and Andy have suggested. I remember reading on here a couple of years ago about someone who had been on it and it got a good write up.