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How to operate Heatstore electric heater
I just moved into a flat and I can't find a way to switch on the heaters.
They are all Heatstore, one is bigger and it has a switch on the side, that one works. But the rest of them are a bit smaller and there is a switch only on the wall. I checked the fuses, I left them on all night but nothing. Is there anyone who can help me with this? Thanks. |
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How to operate Heatstore electric heater
On Oct 24, 11:02*am, Chris1986
wrote: I just moved into a flat and I can't find a way to switch on the heaters. They are all Heatstore, one is bigger and it has a switch on the side, that one works. But the rest of them are a bit smaller and there is a switch only on the wall. I checked the fuses, I left them on all night but nothing. Is there anyone who can help me with this? Thanks. -- Chris1986 Electric store heaters assume. There will be an isolator with fuses/miniature circuit breakers and a time switch for them somewhere. See if the number of fuses/MCBs corresponds with the number of heaters and that they are OK/switched on. |
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How to operate Heatstore electric heater
On 24 Oct, 11:02, Chris1986 wrote:
I just moved into a flat and I can't find a way to switch on the heaters. They are all Heatstore, one is bigger and it has a switch on the side, that one works. But the rest of them are a bit smaller and there is a switch only on the wall. I checked the fuses, I left them on all night but nothing. Is there anyone who can help me with this? Thanks. -- Chris1986 Hi the heaters you describe are almost certainly storage heaters, ie they store up heat in bricks using cheap(er) electricity at specific timed intervals. The one that works will be a storage + convector. The convector part will be on a 24 hr supply, this is the bit that is working. Sounds like the storage supply is turned off or the timing device is faulty. Look for another fuse box with the main switch turned off. Hard to be more specific as there are so many permutations of 'off peak' supply. Allan |
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How to operate Heatstore electric heater
On 24/10/2012 16:49, Allan Mac wrote:
On 24 Oct, 11:02, Chris1986 wrote: I just moved into a flat and I can't find a way to switch on the heaters. They are all Heatstore, one is bigger and it has a switch on the side, that one works. But the rest of them are a bit smaller and there is a switch only on the wall. I checked the fuses, I left them on all night but nothing. Is there anyone who can help me with this? Thanks. -- Chris1986 Hi the heaters you describe are almost certainly storage heaters, ie they store up heat in bricks using cheap(er) electricity at specific timed intervals. The one that works will be a storage + convector. The convector part will be on a 24 hr supply, this is the bit that is working. Sounds like the storage supply is turned off or the timing device is faulty. Look for another fuse box with the main switch turned off. Hard to be more specific as there are so many permutations of 'off peak' supply. A photo of you electrical "head end" (i.e. fuse, meter, consumer unit / fuse box) posted somewhere with a link here would help. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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How to operate Heatstore electric heater
On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:02:38 +0000, Chris1986 wrote:
I checked the fuses, Fuses in the FCU on the wall or fuses (MCBs) in the CU for the off peak supply? I left them on all night but nothing. Check the time switch, ours doesn't run when there is a power cut so the "off peak" period moves through the day depending on power cuts. Maybe your "off peak" is also at an odd time. Whilst you are in the region of the meter/timeswitch/CU's make sure the off peak one is actually switched on and the associated fuses/MCBs also OK/on. -- Cheers Dave. |
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Electric store heaters assume.
There will be an isolator with fuses/miniature circuit breakers and a time switch for them somewhere. See if the number of fuses/MCBs corresponds with the number of heaters and that they are OK/switched on.[/quote] Thanks for reply! I checked all of them, all switched on, but no result. |
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the heaters you describe are almost certainly storage heaters, ie they store up heat in bricks using cheap(er) electricity at specific timed intervals. The one that works will be a storage + convector. The convector part will be on a 24 hr supply, this is the bit that is working. Sounds like the storage supply is turned off or the timing device is faulty. Look for another fuse box with the main switch turned off. Hard to be more specific as there are so many permutations of 'off peak' supply. Allan[/quote] Thanks for reply! Do you mean the fuse from the main fuse box? They're all ok, but are there anu other fuses somewhere? |
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the heaters you describe are almost certainly storage heaters, ie they store up heat in bricks using cheap(er) electricity at specific timed intervals. The one that works will be a storage + convector. The convector part will be on a 24 hr supply, this is the bit that is working. Sounds like the storage supply is turned off or the timing device is faulty. Look for another fuse box with the main switch turned off. Hard to be more specific as there are so many permutations of 'off peak' supply.[/i][/color] A photo of you electrical "head end" (i.e. fuse, meter, consumer unit / fuse box) posted somewhere with a link here would help. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - Internode Limited - Computer Consultancy and Software Development | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/[/quote] Thanks for your reply! There is a link with the pictures Flickr: viruzz05's Photostream |
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Hi
the heaters you describe are almost certainly storage heaters, ie they store up heat in bricks using cheap(er) electricity at specific timed intervals. The one that works will be a storage + convector. The convector part will be on a 24 hr supply, this is the bit that is working. Sounds like the storage supply is turned off or the timing device is faulty. Look for another fuse box with the main switch turned off. Hard to be more specific as there are so many permutations of 'off peak' supply.[/i][/color] A photo of you electrical "head end" (i.e. fuse, meter, consumer unit / fuse box) posted somewhere with a link here would help. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - Internode Limited - Computer Consultancy and Software Development | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/[/quote] Flickr: viruzz05's Photostream |
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