Immersion Heater substitute Help!

Hey guys - I have a water heating system run off the CH, but it i

simply a microbore coil inserted into the immersion heater hole in th cylinder that has hot water pumped around it to heat the water in th cylinder like a heat exchanger. However, it has become corrode internally and flow is very low and not performing. The best solutio is to replace the cylinder and do it "properly" or just stick a immersion heater in the hole. Does anyone know where I can get replacement microbore heat exchanger like the original for a quic solution? Combined brains of DIY banter should be able to solve this! Regards, Tony kendal

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tonytrans
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Why not just replace the microbore thing, and add inhibitor to your system so it doesnt go the same way. You can get microbore from any BM or shed, and just bend it to shape like the old one. The more length of pipe you get in there, the more heat exchange can occur. If you can put

2 or 4 lengths in parallel that will work much better, as you'll get far more flow. You can get 4 way microbore manifolds for very little, theyre just a metal plug with 4 holes in.

NT

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meow2222

These things are horrendously inefficient. Replace the cylinder with a quick recovery coil job and be done with it.

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Doctor Drivel

Yes.

That is probably quickest and cheapest (provided you have an adjacent and suitable electrical supply).

Combined brains of *news:uk.d-i-y* if you don't mind.

Owain

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Owain

On your pension I'd just get a new system.

How's the DIY ploughing going?

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<me9

Thanks everyone. In the event I managed to unblock it using a hig pressure hose. The thing was not quite as I thought when I got inside

15mm pipe straight down to the bottom then similar with fins curle around this back up to the top. Only put off the evil day but thank for advice. Ton

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tonytrans

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