Replacing immersion heater thermostat in 90 build house, has no temp cut out
Replacing immersion heater thermostat in 90 build house, has no temp cut out
Hi
The Baxter BT18 thermostat in immersion heater has failed and need to replace. This does not have an independent thermal trip built in. With a 90 build would this have been say in the element or was it not mandatory then?
Prefer to replace with a model without a cut out as have been reading reviews on Amazon where this and similar models keep tripping the cut out. It is not trivial to replace requiring a plumber to unbraze to swing out pipe as the header pipe is frustratingly located...
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by pennine_lad
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Replacing immersion heater thermostat in 90 build house, has no temp cut out
Hi
The Baxter BT18 thermostat in immersion heater has failed and need to replace. This does not have an independent thermal trip built in. With a 90 build would this have been say in the element or was it not mandatory then?
Prefer to replace with a model without a cut out as have been reading reviews on Amazon where this and similar models keep tripping the cut out. It is not trivial to replace requiring a plumber to unbraze to swing out pipe as the header pipe is frustratingly located...
Read more
by pennine_lad
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum