Water Heater (German) - 12/04/03 09:28 PM
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As the pump of our 4.5kW water heater started to make unusual noises, i removed the covers and the steerings cover, to find the heating element was connected to the contactor with totally rusty ferrules, one was just soldered and screwed in. so i removed the corrosed parts, cut a bit of the cable as there was enough spare, removed the insulation, to find all the copper strands were black. not overheated, corrosed. I decided to change the whole cable, traced it to a cover on the heating element, removed the cover to see this:
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thanks pump for failing otherwise i'd never found this time bomb. imagine there were 4500W running on almost daily...
greetings
:andy:
greetings
:andy: