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I agree, and will be calling a qualified plumber. However, I live in a rural area and there are not many plumbers around, so I was only wondering if it was safe to turn heating on whilst I wait for a plumber (which could be a few days), I live in N.Ireland and past few mornings have seen light...

No, the thermostat itself was intact. Just the brown wire feeding into it on one side comes from a brown unit that is no longer attached to the immersion. I am holding the bit that is loose. It is supposed to connect to the circular bit beside the thermostat with the white rod in the middle.

Yes if I turn on my heating it heats up the water. Or if I don't want my heating on, I can turn on water separately. Are you saying I can still have heating on (and the hot water with it), but until I get the element changed, I just can't heat water independently?

Not a gas boiler, I live in the countryside so have oil fired central heating.

Ok thanks, not the simple job I had hoped. Is it OK for heating to be turned on as long as I leave the isolator switch turned off for immersion? Not sure when I will be able to get hold of a plumber and don't want to freeze

I had hot water coming out of cold taps, and the hot taps water was boiling hot. Presumed this was a faulty immersion thermostat. I opened the top cap to take a look at thermostat to see which one I needed, and noticed the wiring for the brown part seemed loose and not connected at all anymore...

I was changing the immersion thermostat and when I opened the top cap I realised this part with the brown wiring is loose. Should this be attached? Am trying to determine if I should just change the thermostat, or if the whole element needs out too because of this bit not being...

Should this be attached?