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| Thread ID: 89184 | 2008-04-23 07:44:00 | Electric Heater Plug Hot | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 661864 | 2008-04-24 02:51:00 | As an Ex electrician what would I do? Is the socket an oblong white one or a round brown one. If brown then replace it , it is very old. If white does it have square corners & look an older type. If so replace it. Push my test meter prod into each socket hole. Does it go in easily or with some force. If easily, not good. Consider replacing it. Instinct tells me to replace both the plug & the socket outlet. Put in a double if it was only a single. Look for a plug that has the thickest pins. NZ outlets are rated as 10amp. A large wattage heater will draw all of that.So the plug/socket will get warm. Put your nose near the socket when it is warm. If it smells then it could be overheating & burning. It is quite a distinctive smell. I have had to deal with this problem before. There is not a lot you can do except to replace. Or use a lower heater setting. Just a fact of life. Using the plug/socket to its maximum capacity will cause heat. A bit of useless information. In the UK their outlets are rated as 13amps, yet the plug pins are more than twice as thick as ours, for the extra 3amps. Go figure. Sorry but you need to spend a little money. PJ ps. If you pay my airfare down to there & will do it free for you !!!!! pj |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 661865 | 2008-04-24 02:51:00 | Now we are getting into fantasy land, if a BMS made a bang, that would be the end of it, period, but in any event there was no mention of the heater cycling off and on, and it isn't a fan heater so a BMS won't be fitted . Electrical advice should be relevant to the concern and technically accurate, even if expressed in layman's terms . Cheers Billy 8-{) Fantasy land :lol: You're right, that's why I said it *may* be caused by that . Besides, the description was "bang" . To me that means something fairly loud, but to some people a small pop may be called a bang . Without actually hearing the noise myself I do not know . Metal expanding (especially since it's a radiant heater and would have a lot of metal parts) is more likely |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 661866 | 2008-04-24 03:13:00 | Besides, the description was "bang". To me that means something fairly loud, but to some people a small pop may be called a bang. Without actually hearing the noise myself I do not know. Metal expanding (especially since it's a radiant heater and would have a lot of metal parts) is more likely Yes a bang. Like if you hit the top of it with a hammer. (Its a metal heater) A loud bang. I don't believe its expansion. As I said the one at home is identical in every way and it doesn't go bang when you turn it on. The socket in the wall is white, rectangular and modern. I'll show this to husband and he can do some experiments with his multi-meter. I'm also inclined to buy another heater............ |
pctek (84) | ||
| 661867 | 2008-04-24 03:42:00 | The build quality probably isn't that strict, so even being identical models, the parts wouldn't be exactly the same size/put together exactly the same etc.. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 661868 | 2008-04-24 12:06:00 | Well, what with interpretations of what a bang is, and then - - "Push my test meter prod into each socket hole. Does it go in easily or with some force. If easily, not good. Consider replacing it. Instinct tells me to replace both the plug & the socket outlet. Put in a double if it was only a single. Look for a plug that has the thickest pins. NZ outlets are rated as 10amp. A large wattage heater will draw all of that.So the plug/socket will get warm. Put your nose near the socket when it is warm. If it smells then it could be overheating & burning. It is quite a distinctive smell. I have had to deal with this problem before. There is not a lot you can do except to replace. Or use a lower heater setting. Just a fact of life. Using the plug/socket to its maximum capacity will cause heat. A bit of useless information. In the UK their outlets are rated as 13amps, yet the plug pins are more than twice as thick as ours, for the extra 3amps. Go figure. Sorry but you need to spend a little money. PJ ps. If you pay my airfare down to there & will do it free for you !!!!! pj" All I can do is wonder at the moral tone of this site. PJ should be ashamed, and several others should be envious. I am aghast, from several directions. You Southern People are incorrigible. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 661869 | 2008-04-24 12:14:00 | When you turn it on, after a couple of minutes it makes this bang sound. Husband had a look and said its just expansion. I have 2 problems with that explanation: We have another identical one at home which doesn't do it. It does it even if its been on for a while, you turn it off and then straight back on again. Sorry, but I don't feel brave enough to comment on this. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 661870 | 2008-04-24 12:17:00 | Strange, SWMBO (who says she has no English skills) seems to have gained enough linguistics to give me a clip around the ear. It is obviously yet another Southern Plot. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 661871 | 2008-04-25 01:50:00 | Well, what with interpretations of what a bang is, and then - - "Push my test meter prod into each socket hole. Does it go in easily or with some force. If easily, not good. Consider replacing it. Instinct tells me to replace both the plug & the socket outlet. Put in a double if it was only a single. Look for a plug that has the thickest pins. NZ outlets are rated as 10amp. A large wattage heater will draw all of that.So the plug/socket will get warm. Put your nose near the socket when it is warm. If it smells then it could be overheating & burning. It is quite a distinctive smell. I have had to deal with this problem before. There is not a lot you can do except to replace. Or use a lower heater setting. Just a fact of life. Using the plug/socket to its maximum capacity will cause heat. A bit of useless information. In the UK their outlets are rated as 13amps, yet the plug pins are more than twice as thick as ours, for the extra 3am ps. Go figure. Sorry but you need to spend a little money. PJ ps. If you pay my airfare down to there & will do it free for you !!!!! pj" All I can do is wonder at the moral tone of this site. PJ should be ashamed, and several others should be envious. I am aghast, from several directions. You Southern People are incorrigible. Wht should I be ashamed ??? PJ :confused: |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 661872 | 2008-04-29 08:54:00 | pctec....How did you get on? Everything sorted? PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
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