Dual element Immersion heater

I also saw some 42" dual ones on eBay, but that could be too long for the tank.

That'll teach me to have a short screen ...

Google "Backer dual element immersion heater" or "Backersafe 2 Dual" There appear to be a couple (or more) UK suppliers but prices are around £60 to £90 incl VAT/P&P - maybe cheaper from somewhere I haven't found.

I was going to replacing the duff dual element in my tank but as the immersion is only used for backup a long life single element at 1/3 of the price will do.

:-)

Dual-element immersions are common as muck here; ?40 locally, and that's not the cheapest place by any means.

The alternative is you can buy a immersion heater flange and sweat it in at the lower position. Easy job on a copper cylinder. Then fit two immersion heaters. Or as the long element had failed, you can leave that heater as is and fit another short one in the new flange.

You are a star. Thanks very much for your efforts (and others who responded)

Would you like to write us a how-to for the wiki?

NT

On an ancillary note. I was quite shocked recently to see the warped limescaled and generally knackered state of the element on one of these which had only been in a tank for a decade. I'm sure when I first came here as a child the original one was in the old tank for many years, manufactured in 1939! It was certainly not as knackered looking as the last one I had replaced after another 15 years. My guess on this is that there is now considerably more limescale in London water than there used to be, plus that the quality of manufacture is fare worse. Brian

Ok, I'll post it in a couple of days.