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    Immersion Heater or Water heater

    I do not live in the UK so not always familiar with the right term. My mother has a flat in London that needs a new immersion heater to heat hot water for bathroom and kitchen.. She currently has an electric one that is very old and needs replacing. I went to B&Q, Homebase sites to look for a...
  2. L

    Help with immersion heater

    Hi I have had problem with a 3 phase immersion heater, I installed it into a gravity system about 3 months ago and it stopped working after about a month. It was installed into an existing gravity cylinder which is on bottom floor of a large office block. The cwsc is in roof space and is the...
  3. R

    External immersion heating element

    Hi I have an external thermtec geezer 3000 and it is tripping the fuse because water is gathering in the bottom cap which surrounds the electrics. I have checked and can't find a leak anywhere. Could it be condensation?? Richard
  4. Stanios

    Immersion Heaters...

    Hi all, In my first year I've put in about 10 immersion heaters. I've now had call backs for 4 of them that stopped working. I only put in incloy and the only two brands about seem to be tesla and backersafe. Both around £25 for 14" element. What can I do short of completely stopping doing...
  5. J

    Is there a programmable stat that can also do immersion heater?

    Hello, Looking for help with finding a suitable controller. Customer has oil Aga for central heating and hot water - simple enough. However over the summer months it gets shut down and any heat requirements are met by wood burner and hot water is produced electrically via cylinder immersion as...
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    Immersion size

    hi lads, i am just wondering if someone know she what size the top immersion has on an indirect hot water cylinder ? Will it be 14" or 27" ? I cannot see any brand or name on the old copper cylinder. It blows all the time the fuse and I would like to change the immersion it just has one...
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    Immersion size - help

    Hi lads, just wondering if if anyone could could tell me what size immersion I need for boost and off peak ? Current immer name Heatre stadia / superloy 2 - 2.3/ What would you guys do regarding the asbestos gasket ? Also the bottom wire were burnt ... kind regards ron
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    Twin Immersion Tank

    Hi i have a twin Immersion tank to provide hot water with two heating elements - both Backersafe Type BS311C. These are connected to the wall where a separate switch for each is attached. Recently I lost hot water and called someone round. It was found that the switch for the bottom heating...
  9. G

    Bath mixer or immersion heater

    Hi Bath mixer tap is running too hot in shower, almost scalding. Other taps seem mostly good temperature. However there is immersion heater in flat. How do I differentiate whether element stat or mixer tap is failing.
  10. C

    Replace vented immersion tank with unvented indirect cylinder?

    My house was built in 1966 as a 2 bed bungalow. An oil-fired Aga with back boiler heated the water in a vented cylinder. The Aga was removed, leaving an immersion heater to heat the tank. A dormer conversion (2 beds and a shower room) was done about 13 years ago by a previous owner, and central...
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    Elson Coral E - No hot water from overnight immersion heater

    Hi, I recently bought a 2 bed flat fitted with a Elson Coral E thermal store unit, and unfortunately it's not generating any hot water from the over night immersion heater. The water isn't as cold as the cold water tap, but it's also not anywhere near lukewarm let alone hot. Also worth noting...
    • charlie_p
    • Thread
    • heater hot water immersion water
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  12. J

    What type of immersion heater is this?

    I'm having to use the rather old immersion heater for hot water as my DHW from the boiler has a leak. Can anyone tell me what type of immersion heater this is? see photo. I assume it's non-thermostatic but that it does have some kind of safety cut-out? Does that mean it will heat the water...
  13. R

    Hot water problem with immersion/boiler system

    Hi, My rather old immersion boiler decided to give up the ghost the other day, notifying the household by tripping the switches at the fuse box. I guess it is the heating element as replacing the fuse did nowt. No problems I thought as we have a boiler which can do our hot water for us - right...
    • rflook
    • Thread
    • boiler hot water immersion system water
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Boilers
  14. L

    Hi all need some help my coral e immersion heater

    Light on in cupboard but no noise also tried to reset it but no luck both stats renewed at Christmas
  15. M

    Immersion Heater Element size

    Hi, I need to replace a clapped out immersion heater element in my hot water tank but I'm unsure as to the correct replacement size. The current element has a length of 16 inchs overall with the actual heater element being 13inches. any ideas as to the replacement size I should get? Thanks in...
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    Unvented Immersion Hot Water Tank

    Hi, I have a Thermtec Ltd. Unvented hot water tank, and the bottom of two elements has broken. The plumber took a look at it, but is having a job getting a replacement element and they've told me they may not be able to get one. Is there anywhere that may still sell this? Failing being able to...
    • MikeUpjohn
    • Thread
    • hot water immersion tank unvented water water tank
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  17. Stanios

    Supplied with faulty immersion - what to do?

    Hi fellas, I've replaced an immersion in April fitted a Screwfix "titanium" one. Got called back yesterday, opened the cover the pre-soldered live was totally burned to a crisp.. Totally not impressed with this pile of titanium poop supplied by Screwfix. I am pretty sure I can get a free...
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    Thermal store with immersion only

    Had to cap off a manky keston celcius / uv spa combo due to flue leaking in void. Basically looking into alternatives to installing a new combi and having to rip out ceiligs etc to fit new flue and air pipes as current set is fitted within internal compartment. Done a few in the past and are...
  19. S

    Risk of Legionella in Immersion Heater

    Hi all, Me and my partner have recently moved into a flat that solely uses an immersion heater (think it's a dual one) on economy 7 for water heating. Since we have an electric shower and a cold-fill washing machine, we turned off the immersion heater as we don't use hot water taps. My...
  20. E

    Changing hot basin tap in downstairs wc with and immersion heater/backboiler

    Hi all, Ive got to change a downstairs wc hot basin tap for my mother in law. She has an old back boiler in the living room and an immersion heater in an upstairs bedroom. Was just wondering, will i need to switch the boiler off, and drain down the entire immersion heater to accomplish the...
    • evilkensdad
    • Thread
    • basin heater immersion
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Boilers
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