Hello all,
I've turned on my storage heater for the winter, but it's not working. There are two switches next to the heater, one for 'storage' and one for 'fan', both are in the on position. Normally, the neon indicator light on the 'storage' switch only comes on at night when the E7 kicks in. However (having stayed up until 3:00am) the neon indicator does not come on and the heater does not 'charge'. I have checked the fuses and everything is OK there. This is leading me to believe that the smart meter/contactor, which provides current to the heater, is not working properly in some way.
Any suggestions as to how I could check this (without getting up in the middle of the night with a multi-meter)?
By the way, I did call e-on, they were very helpful and did their best to help, but ultimately could only suggest that I get the heater checked. However, before I do that I want to check it's getting current when it's supposed to!
I've turned on my storage heater for the winter, but it's not working. There are two switches next to the heater, one for 'storage' and one for 'fan', both are in the on position. Normally, the neon indicator light on the 'storage' switch only comes on at night when the E7 kicks in. However (having stayed up until 3:00am) the neon indicator does not come on and the heater does not 'charge'. I have checked the fuses and everything is OK there. This is leading me to believe that the smart meter/contactor, which provides current to the heater, is not working properly in some way.
Any suggestions as to how I could check this (without getting up in the middle of the night with a multi-meter)?
By the way, I did call e-on, they were very helpful and did their best to help, but ultimately could only suggest that I get the heater checked. However, before I do that I want to check it's getting current when it's supposed to!
