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it doesnt look too bad but it has to be getting in somewhere. the water is slightly acidic ph 6.1.. im really just trying to figure out whats the root cause here

so you can see rust on end of stat

I was thinking it has to be electrolytic too and something to do with poor earthing

Hi all, So i took the immersion into a plumbing supply store, they said that theres probably too much iron in the water (we have well water). They didnt offer any solution and said there wasnt much i could do.. what do you guys think?

it fails the exact same way every time.

yep thats exactly it. if i bypass the wiring on the thermostat it will heat as intended. when i pull the thermostat out of the tube theres a little bit of water in it

i had thought about this..do you mean as if to say that the element is heating without any water? I would think the element would burn up rather than the thermostat/tube as that merely detects heat

yes but we have a water treatment/softener which works very well. there is zero limescale on the failed immersions

Hi Davey thanks for the response. Ive had a few teslas and the other was an ideal. I did think the ideal was better made but it too only lasted 2 months. How were your immersions failing??

Hi guys, I posted 2 months back about the same issue, not sure if im supposed to make a new post about it or not. basically my immersion heater (side mounted) keeps failing every 2-3 months. I have an ideal stainless steel cylinder with an immersion mounted on the side. the failure is the same...

Im getting 19 point something for L-N and no reading for the others.. the water staining is historical

not running out of the pocket but if insert the thermostat into the pocket it comes out wet

RCD trips immediately when the element is turned on

Its a side mounted immersion. Ive replaced the complete immersion once already and this is the 2nd one failing after 4 weeks- same brand. Ideal 3kw Incoloy 14 inch

yes i would have thought so too.. the electrical area of the immersion is bone dry. this will be the third immersion in 10 weeks or so. the first two were the same brand.. hardly a manufacturing defect though??

Hi guys, I have a fairly new (a few years old) Ideal hot water tank. I had to replace my immersion heater about 8 weeks ago as it was tripping the switch. The one previous to that was 11 months old. the switch tripped again and i noticed that the thermostat in the tube was wet. now the switch...

When I say plumber I meant to say the plumber sent his two apprentices.. 25 radiators- mostly doubles. Output from the boiler directly is very hot but the return feels fairly cool. I would assume boiler would switch off once the return reaches a certain temperature?

had a plumber out today- they reduced the rate of output flow and now things are heating up- he said that the boiler wasnt heating the water fast enough to keep up with the flow.

boiler is firing continuously. pump is running- I just opened it , small trickle of water as you say and I can see the shaft turning. Speed can be adjusted too. Flow pipe between boiler and pump is a little more than warm but not hot and definitely not very hot.

Thanks for the reply guys, this is what I have. I checked the copper pipes and they are warm but definitely not hot