A typical immersion heater how it works and how to test it.
Economy 7 immersion heater element.
Immersion heaters are electric heating elements that are found in water cylinders to heat water.
Interchangeable with sangamo and horstmann economy 7 units.
I have checked the fuse seems ok.
Designed for use with economy 7 off peak rate overnight electricity plans.
I replaced them with new elements.
If an element in an immersion starts to heat theres no noise.
Countdown boost display shows boost time remaining.
The boost mode still works.
Pre programmed automatic boost and three on demand options 30 minutes 1 2 hours.
Suitable for use with single dual or twin element immersion heaters.
The lower heater is wired to a circuit which is only live during cheap rate and the upper is wired on a normal circuit which is live all the time.
I have an economy 7 boiler which has two temperature controlled heating elements.
I have an economy 7 immersion heater setup with a horstmann economy 7 quartz control unit.
I have an economy 7 water tank fitted with two immersion heaters one at the bottom of the tank and one about halfway up.
After 15 years they were replaced as they had started to heat inefficiently.
Initially i thought the bottom economy 7 thermostat had gone but this wasn t the case.
They act like a kettle to heat the surrounding water in the cylinder.
The off peak element was placed on just over 50.
Economy 7 water not heating overnight the entire water heating unit has had both elements boost and e7 replaced only 3 months ago but in the last 48 hours the e7 has stopped working it is not coming on at night when the radiators come on.
Unsurprisingly they were covered in limescale.
One morning i woke up to find there was no hot water and since then the economy 7 mode has not worked.