heinzeken
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For over a week now we have had hardly any hot water. We contacted our landlord/estate agents when we first had no hot water who sent out a plumber after a couple of days. He said the stat tripped and didn't know why. He said he thinks it was too hot (it was set to 70 when we moved in because the water wasn't hot enough) I believe he turned it down to 65. It took around a couple of hours for it to heat up (as usual) and we were able to shower. The next morning the same had happened.
I thought it was just too low, as described when we first moved in and I turned it back up to 70 (it had already tripped by this point so nothing happened). We waited another day and another plumber came and said it was too hot (even though I explained I turned it up AFTER it tripped because that's what I thought was the problem at first). He reset it and set it to 60 and left.
Now it isn't tripping anymore but the water we have is not hot. It is lukewarm at best and only lasts for 10 minutes - which isn't ideal when me and my partner have to both shower in the morning before uni/work. I've tried contacting the estate agents who manage the property AGAIN as we can't keep taking cold showers and wanted it fixed over the weekend before heading back to uni/work Monday but they are closed over the weekend and have given us no other means of contact (apart from the first plumbers number who I've text twice over 5 days and he hasn't replied).
Around a month and a half ago our immersion heater tripped our electricity several times. We had to have a new element as the old one had rusted away and the electrical wiring was broken and going into the water in the tank. Since this has been replaced our water has been trickling from the hot water taps (even on full) (not the shower) and then this has happened less than a month later. I was wondering if they could all be connected? And also if there is going to be any effects on our electricity bills because of this?
The immersion heater is located in a cupboard with no ventilation as far as I'm aware and a fire-door type door (the same as all of our flat doors) for the cupboard door.
Thank you in advance
I thought it was just too low, as described when we first moved in and I turned it back up to 70 (it had already tripped by this point so nothing happened). We waited another day and another plumber came and said it was too hot (even though I explained I turned it up AFTER it tripped because that's what I thought was the problem at first). He reset it and set it to 60 and left.
Now it isn't tripping anymore but the water we have is not hot. It is lukewarm at best and only lasts for 10 minutes - which isn't ideal when me and my partner have to both shower in the morning before uni/work. I've tried contacting the estate agents who manage the property AGAIN as we can't keep taking cold showers and wanted it fixed over the weekend before heading back to uni/work Monday but they are closed over the weekend and have given us no other means of contact (apart from the first plumbers number who I've text twice over 5 days and he hasn't replied).
Around a month and a half ago our immersion heater tripped our electricity several times. We had to have a new element as the old one had rusted away and the electrical wiring was broken and going into the water in the tank. Since this has been replaced our water has been trickling from the hot water taps (even on full) (not the shower) and then this has happened less than a month later. I was wondering if they could all be connected? And also if there is going to be any effects on our electricity bills because of this?
The immersion heater is located in a cupboard with no ventilation as far as I'm aware and a fire-door type door (the same as all of our flat doors) for the cupboard door.
Thank you in advance
