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    Crazy that they are at that kind of price... would anyone but that over a complete unit with pump? That one looks like it’s been made in someone’s shed ?... I have a feeling that isn’t OE spec. I would have thought there would have been a big market just for the heater element tube, but clearly not. Weird.
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    it does cover new purchases up to aug 21 (just off the top of the page in my screen grab).
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    Not on any dishwashers that I’ve looked at. 2 years is the norm.
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    Maybe it’s french?
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    That’s the exact issue with mine. But I haven’t seen the heater elements for sale on there own (except a bulk buy of 40 units from the US), it’s just part of the heater pump assembly.
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    I’ve never seen that before... it would have to have a frame within a frame so would be really chunky I would think and then look crap.
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    I have a 3.5 year old integrated Neff dishwasher (is a Bosch underneath it’s clothes)... bloody heat pump has failed. This is the 3rd dishwasher that I have owned that had heat pump failures. And looking on line it is a very common occurrence, so why the hell are they not made to be easily accessible. Each one needs the dishwasher breaking down into a million bits to replace it.
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    I think they just try to maintain a delta of 7 degrees between the flow and return on each individual loops... I would think that they won’t balance between loops because each loop will have their own heat loss rate. For example one room could need more heat input to achieve the same target temp as another room. Would it ever balance?
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    I wonder if it’s a bit like a car calculating it’s own MPG? ... ranging from 999 to 5 depending on circumstances, but the average is 50mpg.
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    Ah well in that case. You better check the EV is at the right pressure (usually 3 bar same as the control block, but maybe yours is 2.5?), and make sure both the T and P valves operate.
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    I can’t see why it wouldn’t . Has the plumber not commissioned it yet then?
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    Worst case you could put something like a jubilee clip on it to stop casual / accidental closure.
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    Yeah 100mm is plenty. Just need to get a pump on the valve (like a car tyre pump). I would definitely get that ball valve removed, or ideally replaced with a service lock. If it gets shut by accident then water will be pissing out the pressure relief valve every time the o heats up.
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    Is that an isolation valve before the EV? I don’t think you can do this (just in case someone closes it). You can have a service lock valve though. oh... and can you get at the valve on the other end of the EV to check the pressure? It looks very close to the wall
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    Yeah, that’s a fanny trap, so will keep the smells out.
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    How often do you actually see “best practice”? ... I’d wager it’s a lot less frequent than “fit for purpose” and significantly less than “that’ll do”.... and the most common of all “f**k it in any old way!”
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    The first on is almost definitely a 1970s sunbeam alpine fastback.. probably only £5k in ok nick. God knows what the “wacky races” car is though. Quite exciting discovering things like this.... can’t believe it’s been next door to you the whole time.
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    What’s actually happening with that stuff? Those cars would be worth a few Bob in the right circles. what are they? Is the first one a sunbeam alpine?
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    How is that different to your dormer? ?
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    I hope she doesn’t want you to move it to your house! ? Or is she planning on moving in there?
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    Ah ok thanks... I’ll order one up ready for the next time the tank needs draining off. ?
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    11” thermostat. So 14” immersion I guess? I assume a 24” would still be 3kw, so what’s the advantage?
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    Both 11” Currently the other way round... I think I’ll swap them over then.
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    Funnily enough the diagram doesn’t show it. It’s actually where the PRV is (and the PRV is nearer the middle), so straight out the top above the coil.
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    I’ve got a duff immersion thermostat on my UVC. Just ordered a replacement, but it got me thinking about which immersion should be the primary. Normally it’s obvious in a vertical cylinder (lower one for whole tank heating, upper one for quick / small amount of hot water)... but I’ve no idea on a horizontal cylinder. Any suggestions? Here is a picture of it with locations (end and middle):
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