From my experience with similar systems, best preventative maintenance is to run them at full blast every two months for 30 minutes.
I did an accredited training course on Autoterm a couple of weeks ago, no longer Russian company, trading out of Latvia, due to some 'situation', Polish staff ?
Flip the switch and turn it off, when its been running ?Yes Mat, was doing this and the heater had run non stop for three weeks but the Pillocks just flip the switch at the mains, I am sick of telling them not to and now it will not restart so I thought I would strip it and clean replacing the glow plug on the way, the gaskets are too small and the glow plug is physically longer?
Measure the resistance on the glow plug, may not need changing.
Something like 8 ohms if it's anything like a diesel glowplug, wild guess, I'll check docs at work tomorrow, if it's open circuit it's dead.Sure will, what sort of value am I looking for? I suspect the gauze is crusty.
Wire it in from a fused spur off ring main with no switch then only way to stop it is the proper way!Yes Mat, was doing this and the heater had run non stop for three weeks but the Pillocks just flip the switch at the mains, I am sick of telling them not to and now it will not restart so I thought I would strip it and clean replacing the glow plug on the way, the gaskets are too small and the glow plug is physically longer?
Wire it in from a fused spur off ring main with no switch then only way to stop it is the proper way!
There are two sizes of heater 2kw and 5/8kw sounds like you have a kit for the 2kw.I've never stripped any of the Chinese heaters yet, but could it be you've got the service kit for the wrong sized heater?
I've never stripped any of the Chinese heaters yet, but could it be you've got the service kit for the wrong sized heater?
I bought from this seller in December and got the correct parts for my 8kw heater.It is definitely the wrong kit, but absolutely none of the sellers of these kits specify which machine they are for and you cannot believe a word of the 5kw 8KW descriptions
Yes, and I know a few people who have ended up in hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning, they're quite popular over here.Veering off topic (which is almost a requirement now) has anyone had any experience of this type of paraffin heatrer:
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There are only 2 common sizes. 2KW, and 4-8KW.It is definitely the wrong kit, but absolutely none of the sellers of these kits specify which machine they are for and you cannot believe a word of the 5kw 8KW descriptions
I fear your control board may have gone the way of the Dodo.There are two sizes of heater 2kw and 5/8kw sounds like you have a kit for the 2kw.
If it's been powered off without a cool down it may have fried the control board so maybe factor one of those into the equation.....
A more fool proof option might be a battery backup and a mains relay to trigger a shutdown (maybe using the remote?)