Disabling Simmerstat on Bruheat Boiler
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mshergold
Disabling Simmerstat on Bruheat Boiler
Hi. Until I can get myself sorted with a gas boiler, I'm going to have to use a Bruheat boiler. It's not particularly new, but has a simmerstat. Can anyone tell me if it's possible to disable the simmerstat and if so, how? Thanks.
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Re: Disabling Simmerstat on Bruheat Boiler
Should be a simple job of connecting the power in Live and Neutral wires directly to the elements terminals. if in any doubt post pictures of the problem..
im not qualified to give electrical advice btw,,
im not qualified to give electrical advice btw,,
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Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
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mshergold
Re: Disabling Simmerstat on Bruheat Boiler
I've solved this. I realised that as the element is not actually hard-wired into the simmerstat, (it has the round, old style kettle element plug and the simmerstat has the corresponding socket), I ought to be able to rewire it. To me, this is useless as a boiler as I doesn't keep a rolling boil, so kill or cure. Although a new length of cable isn't expensive, to be honest, I didn't want to spend any more money on something that might work or pack up after a few months and would rather put it towards a gas set-up. I didn't want to butcher the simmerstat if I could help it, so thought I'd try to take it all apart rather than just cut the cable off with no chance of rewiring should I ever need to (say as an HLT). Here's what I did if anyone cares:
1. There's no screw under the dial knob, just the shaft that increases or decreases the heat (those of you who are technically minded probably knew that).
2. The only screw in evidence seemed to be on the element itself, but I couldn't get it to do anything. Pulling the top of the plate the simmerstat is mounted on back a little, I discovered the screws were on the back. Bending it back as far as I could before I thought the plate might snap, even my small phillips screwdriver wouldn't get in there, so in vain, I tried a screwdiver bit from a drill and it worked!
3. Unfortunately, one of the wires is soldered to the switch and the others don't actually pass through it, so I had to cut them anyway.
4. Removed the 'kettle' plug and re-wired it onto the long piece of cable.
It works and am hoping to get a brew out of it this week.
1. There's no screw under the dial knob, just the shaft that increases or decreases the heat (those of you who are technically minded probably knew that).
2. The only screw in evidence seemed to be on the element itself, but I couldn't get it to do anything. Pulling the top of the plate the simmerstat is mounted on back a little, I discovered the screws were on the back. Bending it back as far as I could before I thought the plate might snap, even my small phillips screwdriver wouldn't get in there, so in vain, I tried a screwdiver bit from a drill and it worked!
3. Unfortunately, one of the wires is soldered to the switch and the others don't actually pass through it, so I had to cut them anyway.
4. Removed the 'kettle' plug and re-wired it onto the long piece of cable.
It works and am hoping to get a brew out of it this week.