Suburban hot water heater trips on 240Volts

OutbackMK · Senior Member

Suburban hot water heater trips on 240Volts

dave48 · Senior Member

Hi Brian
Not had that problem but had the fridge tripping out all the time on 240V. Had nothing to do with the fridge. A wire under the seat where the control is was intermittently touching the metal wall. Electrician found it in 5 minutes with his multimeter, Hope yours is a simple one too
Dave

Waterbags · Veteran Member

I expect it is the heating Element - I had a similar problem and it was the element. To change it, you require a very big Tube Spanner. Probably as cheap to take it to your local repairer a the spanner is quite expensive.

There is a repairer in Kingaroy, if you ask around.

-- Edited by Waterbags on Friday 7th of July 2017 07:42:08 PM

-- Edited by Waterbags on Friday 7th of July 2017 07:43:07 PM

Hey Jim · Guru

Hi Brian,

We had big problems in our new Jayco. Lose wiring was the cause. get an electrican to go over it with A multimeter. Ours was in the power inlet. Only one of three wires came out with the wall plug. cry cry cry .

aussietraveller · Guru

We also had the same problem on the Nullabour a few years back with our Jayco so we switched off the electricity supply to the tank and heated water with Gas till we reached Perth and had a new element fitted there.

OutbackMK · Senior Member

Thanks all, I have a new element being shipped to Maryborough with box spanner guess that's part of life on the road and couldn't have picked a nicer place to spend an extra week waiting for parts.
Cheers,
Brian

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Aha like this was organised ? Lol

OutbackMK · Senior Member

Element fitted today and all good, old element had same resistance as new (approx 41 ohms) however the insulation to the nut portion that screws into the heater was shot causing an earth leakage and occasional trip and finally full time trips.
Thanks for comments element on-line was $43 but spanner was $37 plus the express delivery ($20) was still cheaper than a few more days at the van park.

Big Mal · Senior Member

Could have driven to Tin Can Bay we have a great Van repairer and shop here as well as being a great place also.

-- Edited by Big Mal on Saturday 15th of July 2017 07:03:24 AM

OutbackMK · Senior Member

Thanks Mal,
Had organised the new element from Kingaroy and didn't think to check Tin Can Bay after I found I couldn't get one in Maryborough. Saw van place yesterday, loved the fish and chips as well on the esplanade.