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They'll just use standard kit for all of their cylinders - rather than different sizes for different widths (volume) of cylinder.

Hi John they are both 14"

Hi John they are both 14"

Possibly because its one of the standard length elements, did you measure the actual length of this one and the other one?.

If this is a lame question sorry! On dipping the tank when I fitted the Thermowatt learning immersion/stat there was another 100mm of...

Hi Rob thanks for the info :-) so in effect, if the boiler is not switched on the bottom of the tank will never get hot using the...

Do you mean how the water is heated within the cylinder? That works simply by convection, the coil heats the water it's in contact with...

Thank You, The tank was installed by a qualified engineer with a certificate, the electrical side is not down to a plumber, I have had...

Hi John the first of Madrabs sketches is the right layout and the second immersion is in the same location at the other end. I...

Where are those two immersion stats located?????, The immersion heating element will only heat directly as far down as the bottom of...

To give you an idea of the internal setup of that cylinder - As you can see ( 1st pic isn't really to scale as the immersion and...

This is what you should have, with top mounted Immersion as standard, don't see blank for the second immersion. It gives a reheat time...

Hi John the second immersion was a special order, sorry to confuse but I swapped the immersion stats over to eliminate any problem. Yes...

Hi johntheo5 this is the beast https://www.telford-group.com/product/horizontal

Hi Madrab thanks for the input and understand the logic behind it, and yes it is indirect, my idea is to use the off-peak times with 1...