"Mark" wrote in message
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Steve wrote in message
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Hi,

My lodger has just had a 2nd storage heater break down on her (I
replaced the 1st one having been unsuccessful in trying to cure the
problem by replacing the input thermostat).

She had been covering the heater with her towel.

Would this cause the heater to fail?

If yes, is there typically a specific peice of equipment that fails.



There is normally a overheat fusible link, which should fail if the heater
is covered when it is taking on heat.

It's a thermal cut-out. It's resettable by pressing a button.

It is:

a) Hard to find if you don't know where it is.

b) Even harder to determine that you've actually reset it.

tim