Domestic Central Heating Electric Boilers Catching Fire

We are the largest independent installer of Electric Boilers & Electric* Heating Systems in London, we are a family business offering what we believe to be the best quality advice in the Industry.

*We are also Worcester Bosch ‘Diamond Approved’ Gas Boiler installers, we offer same day service when it really matters.

We get asked all the time if the Electric Boilers will cost more and if they are safe, I covered the running costs in other posts and videos, however this post is about safety.

Case 1 – Electric Boiler Catches Fire, Unvented Cylinder Immersion Heater overheats and Melts

River Thames Apartments

The Fire brigade were called to the apartment of pop star who had his electric boiler had catch fire and his hot water heater burnt out, the installation was only a few months old.

Solution

We removed the existing boiler and cylinder, Installed a new Electric Heat Only Boiler which heated the radiators only and a new unvented cylinder with 2x new 3kw immersion heaters and full new re-wire with new controls.

Fire Brigade found Electrician had undersized the wiring.

Case 2 – Electric Boiler Connected with Cooker Materials & Wrong Connection at Fuse Board

Chelsea Apartments

Boiler not working, this was a brand new installation that just didn’t work, we re-wired the electrical installation to the boiler which only provided heat for the radiators*

It’s worth noting that in both instances, the customer believed the boiler was causing the issue.

*If you would like an electric boiler to heat up a hot water cylinder as well as radiators then you need to increase the boiler size by an additional 3kw. We do NOT advise this as modern immersion heater elements will heat up a cylinder faster than an electric boiler.

Most Electric Boilers are completely safe. We only install British made Heatrae Sadia, the boilers are robust, efficient and reliable and Heatrae Sadia care about their reputation hence they only manufacturer reliable products.

There are many brands of electric central heating boiler. We are the largest independent installer of electric boilers in London and we only install electric boilers made in the UK by Heatrae Sadia. In every case where we have been contacted re boiler catching fire, it has always been down to poor installation on the electrical side of the boiler, there are two aspects of the boiler installation –

1. Heating Engineer removes defective Electric or Gas Boiler and installs an appropriate size electric boiler. Connect Electric Boiler to existing central heating pipe work.

2. Power-Flush system

3. Install expansion vessel

4. Electrician attends property and wires up boiler and external controls

The above is a brief summary of what is required when we install an electric boiler. We have seen Electric Boilers connected to cooker connections, inappropriate and unsafe size cables used and dangerous shoddy connections to the fuse-board. IF WIRED INCORRECTLY AN ELECTRIC BOILER MAY CATCH FIRE, whilst this statement seems obvious, it still happens.

IT NEVER HAPPENS AND CANNOT HAPPEN WHEN WE INSTALL AND WIRE UP YOUR ELECTRIC BOILER

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Ian
Heating Expert Adviser to BBC ITV C4
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