New Immersion Heater

[jameseye12]

Swapped this element today after a call out, immersion heater tripping RCD. When I took the element out I was hardly surprised it was tripping.

Oh and the element was put in only about a year ago when the cylinder was changed

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[PC Electrics]

Yep, that's a fairly standard failure mode. Seen loads like that.

Bet it's an ordinary copper immersion in a hard water area! Hope you fitted a hard water one.

 

[jameseye12]

Certainly Did

 

[roys]

Just out of interest, what is the physical difference between a hard water and soft water element?

Cheers Steve

 

[Technician]

However they do it Roys, scale will not deposit

so easily on a hard water element. The permanent

hardness is not the problem, it is the temporary

hardness that does this. The reduction of the setting

on the stat. does have a beneficial effect.

 

[batty]

Just out of interest, what is the physical difference between a hard water and soft water element?Cheers Steve

The material its made with standard elements are copper where as long life ones are made of incoloy.

 

[margaratehayes]

Pictures show that element remained unused since long.

 

[loonytoon]

Pictures show that element remained unused since long.

What?

 

[jameseye12]

Pictures show that element remained unused since long.

Well it remains unused because it is obviously BROKEN