Can I buy a cheap electric heater to replace the element on a dearer one

[Gary111]

I have a 2kw flat wall panel heater with a broken element, I can't get a replacement and it seems a waste to throw it away.

I have seen different design heaters that are cheap, but are the same wattage, don't look good though aesthetically.

I was wondering if it might be possible and safe to buy one of those and fit it to my heater ?

 

[Taylortwocities]

I very much doubt that they will be interchangeable. What is the make and model of the broken heater.?

 

[333rocky333]

Are you sure its knackered, often its a fuseable thermal heat link that goes, sometimes it can be replaced, you can buy them on the internet

 

[Gary111]

Are you sure its knackered, often its a fuseable thermal heat link that goes, sometimes it can be replaced, you can buy them on the internet

Thanks, there are two little round things that look like sensors above the elements, is that those ?

I am getting no resistance reading from those so I guess they are ok , I can't get any reading across the elements though

The make is glow master, Chinese

 

[Simon35]

Thanks, there are two little round things that look like sensors above the elements, is that those ?

I am getting no resistance reading from those so I guess they are ok , I can't get any reading across the elements though

The make is glow master, Chinese

When you say no resistance reading, do you mean zero Ohms, or open circuit?

On a tumble dryer (and on some water heaters), there are two thermostats in series, one with a slightly higher switching point than the other. Maybe your heater is similar.

A bit like these http://www.appliancespareswarehouse...oOxpJRM1Zk6gpuz0NzLizOMoC6vOj9WTAyhoCYLLw_wcB

 

[Gary111]

Thanks for your help, yes they look like that, I'm getting zero ohms from them.

 

[333rocky333]

sometimes theres a button on them to push in and reset them