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Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2013-08-06T12:34:03+00:00

Maui Mary wrote:
I am having a heating problem. Put in product, connected everything, plugged in heated, 5 min later shuts off. pushed reset button, heats 5 min and than shuts down.

Looks like you have a faulty thermal cut off

Statistics: Posted by Superslim007 — Tue Aug 06, 2013 12:34 pm

Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2013-08-06T12:32:23+00:00

Firstly if the boiler is working you don't have to wait to see if its working, as soon as you switch it on within 10 or so seconds you will hear it starting up (just like a giant kettle)if its not and you are sure the power is on and the plug fuse is OK you only have the thermal cut off underneath, if you lift it up you will find a small small button that you just press back in, if that fails either the thermal cut off has packed up or the element has.

Secondly in the picture the T500 is plumbed in the wrong way round, where the pipe is attached to the tap is where the water flows back out, the water temp leaving the boiler where the bottom temp gauge is attached should be reading ideally 55-60 degrees C. if it is at that temp you don't need to know what the top one reads, on the later models like mine they have removed the top gauge all together, as long as the water exiting past the probe is 55-60 I am allways getting very good quality 93ish %

Statistics: Posted by Superslim007 — Tue Aug 06, 2013 12:32 pm

Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2013-08-05T16:24:13+00:00

I am having a heating problem. Put in product, connected everything, plugged in heated, 5 min later shuts off. pushed reset button, heats 5 min and than shuts down.

Statistics: Posted by Maui Mary — Mon Aug 05, 2013 4:24 pm

Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2012-09-29T15:19:59+00:00

I've just had the same problem today. My fault, that I plugged the boiler in before filling - I know, I know...idiot! - Anyway, the thermal cut-off reset didn't fix the problem, so I took a look inside. It turns out that the thermal fuse had blown (confirmed by measuring the resistance across it).

Now, I wouldn't recommend this fix, but all I did was get a piece of mains wire (complete with insulation) and bypassed the thermal fuse. The boiler is now working fine, and I'll get a replacement thermal fuse at Maplin through the week.

The Fuse is located under the bright metal tab that is secured to the bottom of the ceramic.

Hope this helps.

Statistics: Posted by heggsy — Sat Sep 29, 2012 3:19 pm

Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2012-09-06T08:20:28+00:00

It normally takes 20 or 30 seconds for the boiling sound to start. I plug mine into a power metre which means I can see if the element is drawing current or not.

As mentioned there is a reset button on the underside of the boiler but depending on where you are in the world there might also be a fuse in the main lead.

Statistics: Posted by MrCat — Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:20 am

Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2012-09-06T00:51:35+00:00

and as soon as you turn it on, will it make a boiling sound?

Statistics: Posted by smh91 — Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:51 am

Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2012-09-06T00:46:03+00:00

do u wiggle the reset button while its on or off or does it not matter?

Statistics: Posted by smh91 — Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:46 am

Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2012-09-06T00:44:49+00:00

i ahve wiggled the reset button and, ive unplugged it, plugged it in another power socket. wheres this fuse or whatever? i have spent 8 hours fiddling around with it and it wont heat up

Statistics: Posted by smh91 — Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:44 am

Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2012-09-05T22:22:41+00:00

Capt-Cudellez wrote:
You have the coolant hooked up backward. And based on the thermo, your running the warm water

Yep - that was my diagnosis simply on water temp. That's the third one of these in a couple of months. There must be something wrong (or unclear) in the instructions....

Statistics: Posted by MrCat — Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:22 pm

Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2012-09-05T21:58:52+00:00

You have the coolant hooked up backward. And based on the thermo, your running the warm water

Statistics: Posted by Capt-Cudellez — Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:58 pm

Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2012-09-05T21:37:22+00:00

Would that effect the quality... its 96%...!!!

Statistics: Posted by bjohnson242 — Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:37 pm

Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2012-09-05T21:34:57+00:00

Thanks the tubes were incorrect. thanks again...

Statistics: Posted by bjohnson242 — Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:34 pm

Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2012-09-05T20:11:38+00:00

Or the coolant pipes are the wrong way round.

The water goes into the bottom of the condenser and out where the temp sensor is.

Statistics: Posted by MrCat — Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:11 pm

Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2012-09-05T15:41:46+00:00

Running the water too fast? The lower thermo is the coolant temp, somewhere about 50-55oC is where you want to get it too.

Statistics: Posted by Capt-Cudellez — Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:41 pm

Re: T 500 Problems HELP PLEASE!!!

2012-09-05T15:16:48+00:00

Thanks .... found the reset button it and its running... I now noticed that my lower thermometer is at 27.6 C and the upper thermometer is at 77.5 C. Is there a chance my lower thermometer is damaged? Or am i doing something wrong again?

Thanks again everyone

Statistics: Posted by bjohnson242 — Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:16 pm