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Old 3rd Mar 2018, 1:55 pm   #8
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Default Re: Repairing a mains voltage heating element

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Yep, OK.

The concern I would have about the technique is what happens if the repair unravels ? Would a loose end be accessible to the user ?

WRT vintage equipment, would it be possible for a loose element to come into contact with an unearthed casing ?

It maybe that the equipment dosen't comply to modern safety standards to start with, but if an accident happens as a result of a repair you have done, liability would likley fall to you.

How is the repair coming apart any different from the initial fault- a break in the element?

It's not, unless you have stretched element and left slack.

The point really was about liability of a repair - but fine if its your own equipment and nobody else uses it.
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