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Old 14th Apr 2020, 11:10 pm   #24
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Default Re: Very Old (Immersion Heater?) Switch

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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki View Post
It was a bit smarter than that though - if you set the switch to 'on' with the arrow on the control pointing up it powered a single low-powered immersion-element in the upper part of the tank. Set it to 'on' but with the arrow pointing down and it also powered a second rather more-powerful element fitted towards the bottom of the tank.
The Santon one in the catalogue is similar with a 4 position rotary switch. Up is off and the the other positions are low, med & high. Either for top element, bottom element or both together. I never knew they made a dual element- I'd always assumed the 'sink & bath' idea was for a top & bottom element.

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Mk list a rectangular fused 15A 3 pin plug!
Amazed they are still available! Does South Africa use our old 15A round pin standard then?

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