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Ed Sirett
 
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Default Spares for 30 yr old 'Main' water heater?

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 23:00:24 +0000, R.P.McMurphy wrote:


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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:09:58 +0000, R.P.McMurphy wrote:


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"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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"R.P.McMurphy" writes:
Long shot, but does anyone know what happened to the manufacturer
'Main'? I
have an old Main Nymph water heater fitted in a 1978 caravan, but they
were
also fitted in portacabins, narrowboats etc. I need a new water flow
sensor
diaphragm for it.

Anyone help me out?

Baxi Potterton now own Main, and still make a couple
of the models. You could try HRPC for spares.
Yours sounds like a specialised version, but if you're
lucky, it will have the same flow valve as some of the
other more common models.

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Andrew Gabriel

great thanks, I have emailed them, hopefully they will be able to help!

Steve

nope, said part was obsolete. bugger, now I have to fix it meself

Nope, the heater is obsolete you need to replace it?




Why replace a perfectly good heater? other than the diapram, theres nothing
wrong with it. i am now fixing a repair so that it will work. the worst
thing that could happen is that it wont work! the diaphramg is part of a
water flow sensor, so not part of any gas fitting, so no danger involved.

No the worst thing that could happen is that the gas valve sticks on and
the water heater boils. See the humour section in the main FAQ.

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Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
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