Ripple Control Ekurhuleni

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Hi People

Anyone else struggle with the ripple control? Our geyser just don't get up to temp anymore. The ripple switch is off about 7 hours at a time. How many times a day I don't know. Anyone else struggling?
At 17:00 when I get home it's still or again off from the morning I leave for work. The ripple only seem to switch the geyser on at 19:15. By 20:15 temperature is still not too hot enough to shower. Only around 21:00 the water is good enough. My geyser is set for 55°C.
This started happening about 2 weeks ago.

I want to shop the ripple to my other geyser. Anyone knows if I can do that?

Thanks

Martin
 
CellNotC said:
Hi People

Anyone else struggle with the ripple control? Our geyser just don't get up to temp anymore. The ripple switch is off about 7 hours at a time. How many times a day I don't know. Anyone else struggling?
At 17:00 when I get home it's still or again off from the morning I leave for work. The ripple only seem to switch the geyser on at 19:15. By 20:15 temperature is still not too hot enough to shower. Only around 21:00 the water is good enough. My geyser is set for 55°C.
This started happening about 2 weeks ago.

I want to shop the ripple to my other geyser. Anyone knows if I can do that?

Thanks

Martin
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The question is, can I just swop the one geyser's live wire for the other geyser? Thanks
 
No. that is bypass and add geyser timer (CBI astute )
 
Sorry I don't understand. If I swop geyser A and geyser B around to be on ripple I still have a geyser on ripple, since only one is on ripple control at the moment, how am I by passing it?
 
Magnum said:
you can if you want the other geyser to have the problems what you are having now.
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Yes, that is exactly what I want because the other geyser is used far less than the other one.
 
CellNotC said:
Yes, that is exactly what I want because the other geyser is used far less than the other one.
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Yes you could , as far as i have it, it is however ilegal to tamper with ripple devices

So as long as a geyser is connected to the ripple it will look as it should be if ever inspected

And make sure not to implacate yourself to making changes
ie it has always been this way, you have never opened that cover

Though they might deem the second geyser not being on ripple as not ok and add a ripple for it if they inspect

So don't point out to them that there is 2 geysers when/if they do inspect
 
leon.davibe said:
Yes you could , as far as i have it, it is however ilegal to tamper with ripple devices

So as long as a geyser is connected to the ripple it will look as it should be if ever inspected

And make sure not to implacate yourself to making changes

Though they might deem the second geyser not being on ripple as not ok and add a ripple for it if they inspect

So don't point out to them that there is 2 geysers when/if they do inspect
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Fok them. It is your device and your property and you are paying for electricity.

I asked an electrician to come remove mine and connect the geyser directly, but keep that chicken-****er ripple device powered so it looks like its online.
 
Aghori said:
Fok them. It is your device and your property and you are paying for electricity.

I asked an electrician to come remove mine and connect the geyser directly, but keep that chicken-****er ripple device powered so it looks like its online.
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Yea when they installed these devices , i just told my wife not to grant access

Hence i never got a ripple

I don't think they can see if it is online, it is a passive device

Edit : i would just install a blind wire on ripple if i had one

ie visual inspection yes geyser is still connected ;) the imaginary one
 
leon.davibe said:
Yes you could , as far as i have it, it is however ilegal to tamper with ripple devices

So as long as a geyser is connected to the ripple it will look as it should be if ever inspected

And make sure not to implacate yourself to making changes
ie it has always been this way, you have never opened that cover

Though they might deem the second geyser not being on ripple as not ok and add a ripple for it if they inspect

So don't point out to them that there is 2 geysers when/if they do inspect
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Thank you for the advice .
 
Aghori said:
Fok them. It is your device and your property and you are paying for electricity.

I asked an electrician to come remove mine and connect the geyser directly, but keep that chicken-****er ripple device powered so it looks like its online.
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That will also be a great option
 
leon.davibe said:
Yea when they installed these devices , i just told my wife not to grant access

Hence i never got a ripple

I don't think they can see if it is online, it is a passive device

Edit : i would just install a blind wire on ripple if i had one

ie visual inspection yes geyser is still connected ;) the imaginary one
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Brilliant idea, thanks
 
I once added a tv to our bedroom and the closest electrical source in the ceiling was the geyser, I was very confused when the tv kept going off randomly. Turns out the geyser was connected to a ripple switch.

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So, I've switched the geysers around and this same geyser seems to switch on and off randomly. Is it the thermostat or element? Or are we load limited to that 10A sometimes? See they are doing it to smart meter users in some places. It also only seems to be on in the early morning and coming on again at around +-5pm. I'm in the Benoni area, Gauteng.

Thanks people
 
CellNotC said:
So, I've switched the geysers around and this same geyser seems to switch on and off randomly. Is it the thermostat or element? Or are we load limited to that 10A sometimes? See they are doing it to smart meter users in some places. It also only seems to be on in the early morning and coming on again at around +-5pm. I'm in the Benoni area, Gauteng.

Thanks people
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If it was 10A load limiting then the prepaid meter would trip if you have one of these snart meters

The geyser will only come on when temp drops below the temp the thermostat is set at

If the element is faulty normally it doesn't heat at all and likely trips the breakers

If that is the times you use hot water it would make sense

The thermostat could be faulty ie out of calibration and switches off at lower temp

There isn't perhaps a timer installed somewhere down the line to the geyser?
 
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