Hey,

How long does it take a bottle heater to heat up?

I installed mine today and it is wired correctly but after being on for a minute or two it doesn't feel any warmer.

 

It should heat up very quickly, I had the same problem when I installed mine. Check and make sure you have a good ground, and make sure you sand the metal where the ground contact is so you will have a good connection, that fixed all my problems.

 

Depends on how many watts it is too.

Mine is 240 watts.

Watts yours?

 

Its 300 watts. It is definately not working and all of the wiring is correct, I am wondering if the filament itseld doesn't work.

 

If you check the resistance across the heater you can tell if its open or not.

It should almost be a dead short, mines measures at 1.2 ohms.