Just wondering if anyone can help? Our electric hot water cylinder has
stopped working, I've just gone to replaced the fuse and stupidly
dropped the existing fuse down the back of the cylinder. Anyone know
what size fuse I need to replace it with?
Thanks

penny wrote:
Just wondering if anyone can help? Our electric hot water
cylinder has stopped working, I've just gone to replaced the fuse
and stupidly dropped the existing fuse down the back of the
cylinder. Anyone know what size fuse I need to replace it with?
Thanks

There are various ratings. You probably need to read the wattage from the
label on the immersion element, under the protective cap. Don't forget to
remove the fu.. sorry!

penny wrote:
Just wondering if anyone can help? Our electric hot water cylinder has
stopped working, I've just gone to replaced the fuse and stupidly
dropped the existing fuse down the back of the cylinder. Anyone know
what size fuse I need to replace it with?
Thanks

Assuming you mean the emersion heater - these are usually 2.0KW to 2.5KW, so
a 13amp fuse would be used. The wattage of the heater is stamped on its
cover.
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Just wondering if anyone can help? Our electric hot water cylinder has
stopped working, I've just gone to replaced the fuse and stupidly
dropped the existing fuse down the back of the cylinder. Anyone know
what size fuse I need to replace it with?

Almost certainly 13A, if you're talking about the fused connection unit or
plug.

Christian.

Thanks guys, most helpful!
:-)

Use the guide of four amps mutiplied by 250 Volts equals one kiloWatt. Your
immersion is probably a standard 3kWatt type. So 4 Amps for 1kWatt therefore
12Amps for 3kWatt. Add a bit for tolerance and use a 13 Amp fuse.


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