Maybe someone here has an idea what's going on...
My son has a 50 litre geyser in his flatlet. The flatlet has its own DB, and I have a Wi-Fi smart switch on the geyser in the DB.
Last week I saw water coming from the outside pipe for the pressure relief valve. I got our local handyman out to take a look. He replaced pressure relief valve, and said the element was not working, and was also leaking slightly, so replaced that along with the gasket. No hot water.
I bypassed the smart switch (I've had one or two fail, though it's usually obvious when they fail). I could see the geyser stopped pulling power about 4 days before. Still nothing. Handyman pulled the isolator switch; it was damaged, the switch was not working. He replaced it.
The handyman, his plumber , and two different electricians have been around multiple times. They have taken the element to the supplier (twice) and had it tested. Today they ran a wire direct from element to the DB in case the wire was faulty. Still nothing. The smart switch just shows no current being pulled, though they can test and see current at the geyser.
Any ideas? What else could it be?
Maybe the actual breaker in the DB (though I can't see how that would allow current but not enough to power the element or to trip anything). Handyman is at his wits end, and is thinking about just replacing the entire geyser.
My son has a 50 litre geyser in his flatlet. The flatlet has its own DB, and I have a Wi-Fi smart switch on the geyser in the DB.
Last week I saw water coming from the outside pipe for the pressure relief valve. I got our local handyman out to take a look. He replaced pressure relief valve, and said the element was not working, and was also leaking slightly, so replaced that along with the gasket. No hot water.
I bypassed the smart switch (I've had one or two fail, though it's usually obvious when they fail). I could see the geyser stopped pulling power about 4 days before. Still nothing. Handyman pulled the isolator switch; it was damaged, the switch was not working. He replaced it.
The handyman, his plumber , and two different electricians have been around multiple times. They have taken the element to the supplier (twice) and had it tested. Today they ran a wire direct from element to the DB in case the wire was faulty. Still nothing. The smart switch just shows no current being pulled, though they can test and see current at the geyser.
Any ideas? What else could it be?
Maybe the actual breaker in the DB (though I can't see how that would allow current but not enough to power the element or to trip anything). Handyman is at his wits end, and is thinking about just replacing the entire geyser.
