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16/8/2016 at 11:18pm
Location: Blackpool
Outfit: Elddis Supreme
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Sounds like it is the element itself that may have gone. - However the weather is good at the moment so you should not need a heater. If you still want one - buy a small oil filled rad as a temporary measure.
(I assume you are talking about the room heater and not the water heater)
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18/8/2016 at 8:39am
Location: Blackpool
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What did you have the meter on when you took the reading ?
If it was ohms - did you completely disconnect one side of the element ?
If it was on volts - there should be 230volts one side and only a few or zero on the other side.
However - The volts method would not tell you if the element is ok. Only the ohms (resistance) will. I think it should be a few thousand ohms. Perhaps less but not zero or open circuit.
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18/8/2016 at 8:08pm
Location: West country
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For 1kW element I would expect around 50 or 60 ohms.
2kW , half that
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19/8/2016 at 1:28pm
Location: Reading. Berkshire
Outfit: Terrano 2 + 2004 Avondale Dart 556-6
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Sound like exactly the same symptoms I had when I picked up my Avondale 556 last year. When checking the van out before taking delivery, when I turned on the electric heating at the controller on the rear bunk, the green light flickered, went out and the electric heating was not working although the fan worked. The controller just seemed dead. Heating worked fine on gas.
I'm pretty sure it was something to do with the controller itself mounted on the rear bunk, the dealer never explained what even though I asked, but it was not in the heating unit itself. I would start at the controller. Sorry I can't help more.
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20/8/2016 at 10:44am
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Are you sure the temperature control inside the control switch has not moved. Our dog sometimes lays in the corner where it is and moves it and we have no heating. You should hear the fire click as you turn the temperature up.
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