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Special Offer: Trade Price Immersion Heater Elements
New replacement elements supplied and fitted

Country & Town have agreements with trade suppliers in Manchester and buy immersion heater elements at discounted prices. Quote Manchester Confidential when you contact us and we will pass the trade price on to you. Trade prices are typically 20% less than retail prices.

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We work on the following water heater systems

• Albion

• Heatrae Sadia

• Keston

• Flamco

• Santon Premier

• Vaillant

• Heatline

• Santon Premier Plus

• OSO

• Ariston

• Telford

• Fabdec

• Heatrae Megaflo

• Range

 

 

Replacing the elements on an unvented water heater

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Draining the water heater down
and removing the top element

Removing the water from the
bottom of the cylinder

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The old water heater element on
the left next to the replacement

Close-up of the burnt-out element

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Replacing the thermostats.

The finished job with both
elements replaced

The images above illustrate how burnt-out immersion heater elements on unvented water heaters are changed. This job shows both immersion heater elements being changed in an apartment Manchester city centre. Most city centre apartments have unvented systems heated by two electric elements. Though systems with one or three elements are available and just a few have indirect sources of heat supplied by a boiler.

On systems with two immersion heater elements, the lower element is controlled by a timer and comes on each evening to heat the water for the flowing day using cheaper electricity supplied during the off-peak hours. The top immersion heater element is intended for use during the day and should be used for just one or two hours at a time to raise the temperature of the water if lots of baths or showers are being taken.

In this apartment, when the lower element burnt out, the resident started using the top booster element to heat all the water required. The problem with this is two fold. Firstly, the booster element being at the top of the cylinder only heats the top third of the volume of water in the cylinder. When the water at the top is hot the thermostat cuts out leaving the water at the bottom of the cylinder cold. This hot water could be used up with one shower or bath making it very inconvenient for residents. Secondly because there is no timer and because the immersion heater element would need to be turned on after each bath or shower to keep a supply of hot water. The top element is often left on 24 hours a day until, as shown here, it burns out or the electricity bill arrives.

 

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