how NOT to wireup a cylinder

[heatman]

the customer was wondering why her hotwater was overflowing from her house.


it was boiling away because A sparkys apprenctice work was not checked. luckyly no one was hurt.

 

[migoplumber]

is there a sparky, type of riddor reportable offence. thats just downright dangerous!
shaun

 

[newbie1]

what is the correct method of wiring that up out of interest thks

 

[danielp]

well he has wired it up with out he overheat

 

[sonray ltd]

thats mad
considering it wouldn't work anyway.

as the live is wrapped under stat and pokes out the otherside

the neutral don't even have any copper wire exposed to be connected to anything.


its amazing what computers do when you over enlarge the pic and what you can magnify.

 

[Bernie2]

Funnily enough anybody can wire a house out. But it has to be inspected in areas such as the bathroom and kitchen. A council inspector will charge about £100 plus for inspection and certification of your own work. Part P and later revisions tell you that.

The reasoning is, you must follow the appropiate installation regulations to do so.

The unsaid thing is, "How do you know what the regulations are if you have never studied them?". Proof of your knowing the regs, would be an installation that followed the regs. It may be okay chancing things in your own home, except if you have an accident or fire and it turns out to be something you did wrong. But you can't chance it for other people who pay you in good faith beliving you to be an expert.

 

[heatman]

the live wire went into the back of the pillar connector instead of going through the stat and high limit stat.

 

[bathroomboy]

That really is a dangerous situation, sadly there have been fatalities with installations such as this, thermostat u/s and hot water circulates to the plastic cws causing it to collapse with the heat and release boiling water through the ceiling, whoever has done this work needs to be made aware of the danger they have created at least.