Why ask a question if you can't be bothered to answer replies ? And what
were you thinking when you said this ------Would really
> appreciate any help or suggestions.
"Ian" <ian@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I'm wondering if anyone can help me with a slightly vague question about
> Immersion Heaters. The information I have is secondhand and concerns my
> mother's ageing Immersion Heater. Seemingly it has run without a glitch
> for about 25 years but earlier this year failed. At this time both the
> heating element and thermostat were replaced. A month or so later,
> however, the thermostat had apparently failed again and was once again
> replaced. A couple of months later the system had failed again and this
> time a wire supplying the unit had 'burnt out' and was trimmed and
> reconnected. This was about 6 weeks ago and now today the system has
> failed once again.
>
> I have no specific knowledge of this kind of thing myself but it does
> seem odd that the Immersion Heater has now failed four times in almost
> as many months. Could there be some underlying cause for all these
> repeated failures which hasn't been detected? Would it be better
> getting rid of the whole thing and getting a new one? Would really
> appreciate any help or suggestions from those with more knowledge of
> such things.
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