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Old 22nd Apr 2020, 4:45 pm   #27
Zelandeth
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Default Re: Very Old (Immersion Heater?) Switch

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Originally Posted by The Philpott View Post
My first house had an immersion heater with a top entry dual (copper clad) element, marked 'sink' and 'bath' which did the same thing. The hard water killed the 'bath' element with tedious regularity, and i reverted to an incoloy single element.
Still have that setup here. About 80% of our water heating is by solar for a good portion of the year, with the relatively small (11kW) gas boiler generally just topping it off. So it only really gets used if a couple of people want showers in quick succession etc.
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