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Optimus H-4436 Electric Heater Questions & Answers
Powers up but alarm lights up and no heat
I called customer support on this since everyone has the same problem. Behind the reflector is a cover that has 3 screws. Unscrew and you'll see two wires (a red & white). Inside the white sleeve is a fuse. Cut out the white sleeve and take the fuse out. Cut the fuse w/ the wires. Attach the white to the red w/ electrical tape. Make sure that wires are wrapped w/ the electrical tape. Support said that the fuse is not needed.
OPTIMUS H-4438 ELECTRIC HEATER ALARM LIGHT UP
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I took it apart found nothing. Put back together took the plastic screw driver with the unit on,gentlly tapped the plastic houding opposite of the heat senser at the top of dish and it works!
Alarm light came on. no heat. still occilates
I have only had mine for 3 weeks when it did the same thing, I looked up and called Optimus Enterprizes @ 714 956-1300 they told me they warrenty it for 3 years. Send it back and they will repair or replace it. I am near them so I took it to their office @ 2201 E. Winston Rd. Anaheim, Calif. 92806. When I walked into the office the girl took my heater into the back and came out with a new one. No questions asked. I did not even have to show my Ebay paper work.
SO my solution is send it back.
Good luck
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Alarm light comes on as soon as I turn on heater,
You can replace this fuse with a circuit breaker from RadioShack (part # R59-15A), and then the next time it trips you can reset it, instead of having to replace the fuse, which requires soldering.
Alarm light stays on and there is no heat
On the back there's a round cover held on with 3 Philips screws. Remove it. You should see a peice of thermal/electrical insulation with a red wire going in one end and a white wire on the other end. It's screwed down with a wire hanger and covering a 15Amp FUSE. Its part number is "SF119U-1", made by SEFUSE, rated 15Amps/125degC. The sell for about $5 for 5 of them. You can get one at RadioShack or better yet, replace it with a thermal circuit breaker (part # R59-15A), which costs about $5, but the nice thing is that if/when it trips, you can reset it instead of replacing it.
Just stopped working
heating coil might be cone bad before changing that check is there any fuse blown out.
I have an Optimus radiant heater dish with the
It may be the remote control. Have you tried operating the heater without the remote? If you haven't give it a try. This will tell you if the problem is with the remote of not. If works without using the remote, the remote may need new, fresh batteries. If that doesn't solve the problem, turn OFF the Master Switch on the heater to OFF. Unplug the heater and wait 12 to 15 minutes before plugging it back in.
Turn the Master Switch on the heater ON. And try operating it. Hopefully, that time out, gave it enough time to reset itself.
The alarm light is on & won't go off... should
I did some research on this FixYa site, and I learned this-- From 2 years ago:
The person removed
the center panel on the back of the dish and found a fuse inside a
white insulating sleeve. The fuse is open, preventing the current from
reaching the heating coils. On the fuse it says 121 C. and 15 A.; I
assume that it is designed to blow if the temp. of the dish exceeds 121
centigrade or the current exceeds 15 Amps. I don't see any reason to
believe that either has happened so I suspect that these fuses just
spontaneously fail. Now I just need to find a source for new ones. I
wouldn't recommend jumping the fuse as it could lead to a fire.
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My Comments on the above:
If you care to dig into the problem, follow his steps above--
Take the part to the hardware, or to the store you bought the unit from-
Someone must have this safety 'FUSE'--
Note-- It is more than just a fuse-- it is also a Hi Temperature cut-out device.
Once it 'cuts out'-- the little safety device has to be replaced.
Let me know if I can help more-
Mack B
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