Damned immersion!!!

RutlandMike

RutlandMike

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Just fitted a new immersion heater and the damned thing is so close to the top of the tank (mounted horizontally) that you get about a pint of scalding hot water before it runs cold! Anyone think of any reason why I shouldn't rotate the tank by 180 degrees, thus heating all water above it? The tank is fitted with a calorifier which does a great job when the engines running. I was planning to just extend the pipework and remake the connections. An alternative is some kind of stirring device for the tank - which I've never heard of. Any ideas? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
why not rotate 180 deg, immersion will then be at bottom (more hot water) and coloriifier should still be correct orientation, ie input/outout from engine virtical, although you might have to swop them over to keep input at top. however make sure hotwater output is at top, cold input at bottom.
 
Good point! I have a nasty feeling if I rotate 180, the hot water take off will be under the immersion - have to look at that!
Thanks peeps.
 
Well it would be on mine. If I drew from the bottom of the tank, I'd get cold water pretty quick. When you draw some hot water off, it'll draw in some new cold water and that will settle at the bottom of the tank. Pretty odd design really
 
Check on the instructions; I just fitted a 10L surecal and it has to be fitted with the hot take-off at the top.
 
Being a domestic heating engineer I can`t see a manufacturer making a cylinder with the immersion at the top unless it was pointing down.

When you turn it around can`t you either swap the cold feed for the hot outlet, as the cold should go in the bottom, or if the hot <u>has</u> to come from the bottom can you fit a extension from the hot connection up inside the cylinder .

Pete
 
Swapping the feeds! So simple and should sort it! Thanks! I didn't make it clear that the tank is fitted horizontally with the element fitted horizontally from one end about 1 third down from the top - hence it only heats the top third of the volume.
 
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