Immersion heater tripping circuit breaker

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Probably a simple question for you all.

My Immersion heater circuit tripped last night. I suspected a faulty element so I removed the thermostat element and turned on the circuit again. The circuit now didn't trip which implied that the fault did not lay somewhere else in the wiring. However, when I replaced the thermostat element with a new one, the circuit tripped again. Is it likely that the whole immersion heater will need replacing or is there something else I could try first?
 
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If you remove the thermostat the heating element doesn't get any power :idea: so you wouldn't expect it to trip any more than you would if it wasn't switched on!
You need a whole new immersion heater, which should come with a thermostat which meets current regs.
 
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