I'm just fitting a new element to our old Hotpoint washing machine, and
it struck me that some sealant might be a wise move. Then I looked in
the manual and it says the same!

Any recommendations, please, on what to use? Clearly heat and water
proof, but I'd rather *know* rather than guess...

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Bob Eager wrote:
I'm just fitting a new element to our old Hotpoint washing machine, and
it struck me that some sealant might be a wise move. Then I looked in
the manual and it says the same!

Any recommendations, please, on what to use? Clearly heat and water
proof, but I'd rather *know* rather than guess...


Normal silicone comfortably goes up to 260C, so will work fine for this
application.


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Grunff

On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:01:41 UTC, Grunff wrote:

Bob Eager wrote:
I'm just fitting a new element to our old Hotpoint washing machine, and
it struck me that some sealant might be a wise move. Then I looked in
the manual and it says the same!

Any recommendations, please, on what to use? Clearly heat and water
proof, but I'd rather *know* rather than guess...


Normal silicone comfortably goes up to 260C, so will work fine for this
application.

Thanks...my news server went tits up today (typical) so I went ahead and
used...silicone!

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I'm just fitting a new element to our old Hotpoint washing machine, and
it struck me that some sealant might be a wise move. Then I looked in
the manual and it says the same!

Any recommendations, please, on what to use? Clearly heat and water
proof, but I'd rather *know* rather than guess...

Ask Hotpoint?
Alternatively a proprietary sealant such as Hermetite may well do what you
need.

you can use pretty much any of the sealants. silicone, plumbers mait,
epoxy, whatevers lying around. I would choose flexible, as theres a lot
of vibration.

NT