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Six months on and I now have a hot water cylinder with an immersion heater that doesn't keep tripping the overheat stat. The problem was pretty straightforward in the end. The Gledhill cylinder mounted the immersion heater dead vertical within the cylinder and the thread length into the boiler...

My plumber has now changed the immersion heater and thermostat and the problem is the same. On inspection of the inside of the hot water cylinder the immersion heater boss is directly above the immersion heater element. The original cylinder which was discarded put the heater element at an...

I hope you are right, but one of the reason for using Surrey\Essex flanges which draw water from a few inches beneath the top of a hot water cylinders is to ensure air bubbles are not carried through to the shower head. The new hot water cylinder which was fitted to my bathroom has a flat top...

I have just had a new bathroom fitted with a power shower and new hot water cylinder, immersion heater element and thermostat. My cylinder stat also trips the over heat button on the thermostat and needs resetting. I have had three new thermostats fitted and the problem still persists. The...