On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:41:07 +0100, "David Williams"
wrote:

My rough calculations agreed with yours- about 50% of what I should expect.

Would it suffice to turn it up full and measure the Voltage across it?
(pardon my ignorance)

It's not going to tell you a lot.

You need to look at the consumption and whether it is simply that the
water flow is low and therefore the thermostat is turning the element
on and off. It may be that it has some kind of electronic controller
that reduces the power rather than turning it on and off, I suppose.

Try looking at the meter and timing an amount of consumption.
Also look and see if the meter stops and starts.




This is raising 20C, if you're going from 10C to 50C, it'll be 3.5l/min.
To hit 2.5l/min, you need to be raising the water temp 60C or so.
Unlikely.
Sounds like something is wrong.

Can you measure if it's using the right amount of electricity?


..andy

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