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ramonegumpert
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Dear Experts
Happy Holidays everyone!
I found out that the electric wires of my home water heater gets very warm when I use the heater for normal showering.
There are 3 wires : Earth , Neutral and Live wires.
I unscrewed open the power socket and power plug. The wires are melting the connections. The blue and green wires are almost shorted together because the wires have melted to a dangerous level.
I thought the problem was due to the thin wires used.
So, I replaced the wires with the thickest gauge wires i could find.
This time, the wires are not as warm but still quite warm.
My question is should the wires of water heaters (tankless, instantaneous home heaters, compact in size) be warm?
My electric water boiler at home boils water to boiling point and yet the wire does not get warm.
May I know is it the heater that is the problem?
Please share with me what you think on this problem.
Best regards
Ramone
Happy Holidays everyone!
I found out that the electric wires of my home water heater gets very warm when I use the heater for normal showering.
There are 3 wires : Earth , Neutral and Live wires.
I unscrewed open the power socket and power plug. The wires are melting the connections. The blue and green wires are almost shorted together because the wires have melted to a dangerous level.
I thought the problem was due to the thin wires used.
So, I replaced the wires with the thickest gauge wires i could find.
This time, the wires are not as warm but still quite warm.
My question is should the wires of water heaters (tankless, instantaneous home heaters, compact in size) be warm?
My electric water boiler at home boils water to boiling point and yet the wire does not get warm.
May I know is it the heater that is the problem?
Please share with me what you think on this problem.
Best regards
Ramone