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Richard Conway
 
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Default Immersion heater threading

raden wrote:
In message , Andy Hall
writes

On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 23:40:46 GMT, raden wrote:

In message , John Anderton
writes

On 8 Nov 2005 03:03:15 -0800, wrote:


Doctor Drivel wrote:



You put NO compound on the thread. The immersion is supposed to
have none
whatsoever. Just clean the surfaces and tighten the immersion.
The fibre
washer may initially weep. But as it absorbs water it will expand
making
the seal. Try this first. If still a leak after the system has
heated up,
take it off and then lightly smear compound on both edges of the
washer.
Putting compound on the thread with act like glue and weld it in,
in time,
making some of them near impossible to remove.


Halleluiah! I've seen the light! Drivel said something sensible!

It's eerie isn't it ?

Twice in one week is more scary than eerie




What was the other time? Must have missed that.

I can't remember, but he / she / it definitely said something
uncharacteristically sensible

... **** happens
tw


I suppose with the constant twoddle the odd gem will inevitably slip
through by accident.