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Hi!
I'd just like a quick bit of advice, we have two fused switches in our airing cupboard for the hot water cylinder, one main switch which comes on during the off-peak of our economy 7. The other which is for the immersion. We've stopped getting any hot water from the main off-peak part of the cylinder and the heating engineer thinks it has something to do with the economy 7. Before it stopped working we noticed the switch getting quite hot and then went very soft, the only way I can describe it is that it doesn't 'click' when switching on or off .
I decided to take a look at the switch to see if there was anything noticeable and compare to the other immersion switch alongside, nothing seemed out of the ordinary apart from the immersion switch has this green corrosion like powder across one of the wires and it almost looks like it's been burnt (Pic attached: IMG_0334.JPG). This switch is working fine and the immersion works perfectly but like the main switch gets a little hot. Is this something that we should be concerned about and get an electrician to look at? Likewise is this something that could have happened to the main switch and it burnt out?
Both fuses have been checked and are working fine, both are 13A.
Thanks in advance!
I'd just like a quick bit of advice, we have two fused switches in our airing cupboard for the hot water cylinder, one main switch which comes on during the off-peak of our economy 7. The other which is for the immersion. We've stopped getting any hot water from the main off-peak part of the cylinder and the heating engineer thinks it has something to do with the economy 7. Before it stopped working we noticed the switch getting quite hot and then went very soft, the only way I can describe it is that it doesn't 'click' when switching on or off .
I decided to take a look at the switch to see if there was anything noticeable and compare to the other immersion switch alongside, nothing seemed out of the ordinary apart from the immersion switch has this green corrosion like powder across one of the wires and it almost looks like it's been burnt (Pic attached: IMG_0334.JPG). This switch is working fine and the immersion works perfectly but like the main switch gets a little hot. Is this something that we should be concerned about and get an electrician to look at? Likewise is this something that could have happened to the main switch and it burnt out?
Both fuses have been checked and are working fine, both are 13A.
Thanks in advance!