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Immersion question

  • 11-03-2019 02:01PM
    #1
    Springsteen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    Bath and sink immersion. Just got a new app to measure power used in watts. On sink mode immersion draws approx 2700 Watts. On bath mode approx 1900 Watts.

    Is this normal? I thought the bigger element would draw more Watts?

    Any thoughts?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    brightspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭brightspark


    Springsteen wrote: »
    Hi All,

    Bath and sink immersion. Just got a new app to measure power used in watts. On sink mode immersion draws approx 2700 Watts. On bath mode approx 1900 Watts.

    Is this normal? I thought the bigger element would draw more Watts?

    Any thoughts?

    Thanks

    It's very likely that the switch is wired the wrong way (a lot of them are)

    It's an easy fix that should only take a few minutes (or just relabel the switch;))


  • #3
    Springsteen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Springsteen


    Aha! That’s makes perfect sense. Thank you Brightspark.


  • #4
    Bruthal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,370 ✭✭✭✭Bruthal


    Yes switch re-label is a good solution there.


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