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Post by rocketmanbkk on Sept 14, 2018 17:18:54 GMT
An old chap had a huge electric bill, summer £350! He lives alone, gas heating, water heater via econ 7 immersion.
I went to look & investigate!
His water heating timer was constantly on body & wouldn’t turn off
He had a Hortsmann electronic 7 timer
Ordered a new one, easy to fit, just 5 plugs clip into old base. I hate to say it but a 5 min job. Read instructions, boost should only stay on for one hour. Anyway, put timer on for water 4-6am.
Think I saved the day
It was just so easy to swap
Highly recommended
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Post by tomplum on Sept 14, 2018 17:32:51 GMT
Well done rocky, new horizons have been seen and experianced, good on ya,,  |
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Sept 14, 2018 18:45:38 GMT
I seem to have got my confidence going now
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Post by battle1066 on Sept 14, 2018 20:47:17 GMT
I find their gear quality Rocky once fitted you'll not be back - you'll just have to show him how to move the simple setup for Daytime + or - the hour move for daylight saving.
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Sept 15, 2018 8:38:29 GMT
I find their gear quality Rocky once fitted you'll not be back - you'll just have to show him how to move the simple setup for Daytime + or - the hour move for daylight saving. It’s a good timer Not much expo whatsoever with timers but as a straight swap I though it better. Thick plastic too so not flimsy |
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Post by woodbine66 on Sept 15, 2018 16:19:37 GMT
The Horstmann's are good, but when they go the main relay contacts for the E7 timer fuse together and mean it stays on. As in your case. There is an identical part to the one that fails on the boost side. Because it gets a fraction of the use they're always OK, I save these out of the old failed timer. Then use the part to fix the next Horstmann I go to that will have failed because of the same reason. Saves forking out another 80 quid for a new timer.
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Sept 15, 2018 16:22:44 GMT
The Horstmann's are good, but when they go the main relay contacts for the E7 timer fuse together and mean it stays on. As in your case. There is an identical part to the one that fails on the boost side. Because it gets a fraction of the use they're always OK, I save these out of the old failed timer. Then use the part to fix the next Horstmann I go to that will have failed because of the same reason. Saves forking out another 80 quid for a new timer. Good tip. I’ll dig it out of the bin. It’s in the new box so will be clean. |
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