After bashing, banging, heating and tapping and buying and expensive box
spanner, I finally got what I thought would be a heavily encrusted "short
reach" immersion heater out, only to find that it was a long reach, in
better nick than I thought. Got a coating of green stuff though!
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...=immersion.jpg

So, does it look OK, or should I replace it now it's out? The reason I
wanted to look at it was that it didn't seem to be heating a full tank, BUT,
turning it up made the water boil. If half the element was gone, then surely
current wouldn't flow, so...

Anyway, I'm guessing it's about 10 years old? For one, it says "made in
Great Britain" (Satchwell Controls, Slough) - and nothing is made here these
days, and the other thing is that it is measured in degrees F.

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 18:41:11 +0100, "Jonathan"
wrote:

After bashing, banging, heating and tapping and buying and expensive box
spanner, I finally got what I thought would be a heavily encrusted "short
reach" immersion heater out, only to find that it was a long reach, in
better nick than I thought. Got a coating of green stuff though!
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...=immersion.jpg

So, does it look OK, or should I replace it now it's out? The reason I
wanted to look at it was that it didn't seem to be heating a full tank, BUT,
turning it up made the water boil. If half the element was gone, then surely
current wouldn't flow, so...

Anyway, I'm guessing it's about 10 years old? For one, it says "made in
Great Britain" (Satchwell Controls, Slough) - and nothing is made here these
days, and the other thing is that it is measured in degrees F.


Does it look O.K. ....?...Are you joking ..lol

Now that you have gone to all that trouble bin it and buy a new one
..They are not that expensive ..

Stuart

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 17:41:11 UTC, "Jonathan"
wrote:

After bashing, banging, heating and tapping and buying and expensive box
spanner, I finally got what I thought would be a heavily encrusted "short
reach" immersion heater out, only to find that it was a long reach, in
better nick than I thought. Got a coating of green stuff though!
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...=immersion.jpg

So, does it look OK, or should I replace it now it's out?

I'd replace it while it's out...not that expensive!

Anyway, I'm guessing it's about 10 years old? For one, it says "made in
Great Britain" (Satchwell Controls, Slough) - and nothing is made here these
days, and the other thing is that it is measured in degrees F.

Sure that's not what's on the thermostat? The bit down the middle that
slides out? Satchwell do thermostats but not, I think, heaters.

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"Jonathan" wrote in message
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After bashing, banging, heating and tapping and buying and expensive box
spanner, I finally got what I thought would be a heavily encrusted "short
reach" immersion heater out, only to find that it was a long reach, in
better nick than I thought. Got a coating of green stuff though!

http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...ew&current=imm
ersion.jpg


Euwwwwww!

So, does it look OK, or should I replace it now it's out? The reason I
wanted to look at it was that it didn't seem to be heating a full tank,
BUT,
turning it up made the water boil. If half the element was gone, then
surely
current wouldn't flow, so...


Replace it (as others have said). Shouldn't be that much more than £20 ish,
from B&Q. Make sure that if you're in a hard water area, you get the
correct immersion type - pure copper elements don't last as long. Also make
sure that you remember to fit the gasket and wrap the threads in PTFE tape.
DAMHIK, IJD,OK!

In article , Jonathan
writes
After bashing, banging, heating and tapping and buying and expensive box
spanner, I finally got what I thought would be a heavily encrusted "short
reach" immersion heater out, only to find that it was a long reach, in
better nick than I thought. Got a coating of green stuff though!
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...urrent=immersi
on.jpg

So, does it look OK, or should I replace it now it's out? The reason I
wanted to look at it was that it didn't seem to be heating a full tank, BUT,
turning it up made the water boil. If half the element was gone, then surely
current wouldn't flow, so...

Anyway, I'm guessing it's about 10 years old? For one, it says "made in
Great Britain" (Satchwell Controls, Slough) - and nothing is made here these
days, and the other thing is that it is measured in degrees F.



I'd change it their not that much and around 10 years its quite likely
to fail.

That bit of corrosion where it meets the mounting boss looks a bit
suspect......
--
Tony Sayer

Hi,

Anyway, I'm guessing it's about 10 years old? For one, it says "made in
Great Britain" (Satchwell Controls, Slough) - and nothing is made here these
days, and the other thing is that it is measured in degrees F.

If it's marked in Fahrenheit then surely it's got to be a lot older than
10 years. I'd expect it to be more like 20 to 30 years.

Martin

Martin Wiseman wrote:

If it's marked in Fahrenheit then surely it's got to be a lot older than
10 years. I'd expect it to be more like 20 to 30 years.

The 'stat may well be much older than the element, having been re-used a
few times...

--
Andy

Jonathan wrote:
So, does it look OK, or should I replace it now it's out?

Replace it. I don't like the pimple that you can see on it. Nothing
wrong with it apart from that 'cept the colour.