Cornelius maxi 310 cooler

[aweisse]

I have a cornelius maxi 310 cooler which ive had for years and never really used, i pulgged it in and filled it with water yesterday.
Im wondering how long should it take for the stat to kick in. Or are they ment to run like this?

[aweisse]

Just took a temp of the water bath and its 5 degrees C.
Thought it would be a lot closer to 0.

[Leann ull]

What's it now?

[aweisse]

1 degrees C. It must be ok now.

[Leann ull]

They are designed to be switched on an hour before use, and made of bricks so I'd be surprised if it was knackered, using it for chilling your wort?

[aweisse]

Chilling wort, Did'nt think of that 
i thought they would switch off after a while. Main thing is that its cooling , the cold water out of the tap is nearly 17 degrees.
Thanks