Hi all
I currently have a top entry 27" immersion element but this is in the context of a 5ft hot water tank. I want to have a side entry immersion element fitted at the bottom of the tank so that ALL the water is heated.
The reason I want this is because I have 4 Kw solar PV fitted and during the day we are generating 20+Kw. I would like to use this to heat the hot water. I have recently spent £350 on the Solar-i-Boost from Malek - it intelligently feeds excess solar energy to the hot water immersion - from as little as 100w upwards. The problem is that the 27" immersion heats the top of the tank then the thermostat (at max) of the immersion kicks in. Hence in a day I am using 3Kw of the 20Kw to heat water.
Therefore, if I had a bottom side entry element I am thinking more of the water gets heated and thus less work for my boiler to do if it is required to raise the temperature further. We are a family of four and thus need a large amount of hot water each and every day.
So to summarise, I want to disconnect the top immersion and fit a new bottom side entry 3kw immersion on the existing tank - can this be done and how much am I looking at - ball park?
Any help/advice and links to elements etc will be much appreciated.
Many thanks in advance
Rikki
I currently have a top entry 27" immersion element but this is in the context of a 5ft hot water tank. I want to have a side entry immersion element fitted at the bottom of the tank so that ALL the water is heated.
The reason I want this is because I have 4 Kw solar PV fitted and during the day we are generating 20+Kw. I would like to use this to heat the hot water. I have recently spent £350 on the Solar-i-Boost from Malek - it intelligently feeds excess solar energy to the hot water immersion - from as little as 100w upwards. The problem is that the 27" immersion heats the top of the tank then the thermostat (at max) of the immersion kicks in. Hence in a day I am using 3Kw of the 20Kw to heat water.
Therefore, if I had a bottom side entry element I am thinking more of the water gets heated and thus less work for my boiler to do if it is required to raise the temperature further. We are a family of four and thus need a large amount of hot water each and every day.
So to summarise, I want to disconnect the top immersion and fit a new bottom side entry 3kw immersion on the existing tank - can this be done and how much am I looking at - ball park?
Any help/advice and links to elements etc will be much appreciated.
Many thanks in advance
Rikki