Immersion thermostat

[devon dave]

I am a very capable DIYer and was wondering if it is easy enough to change a immersion heater thermostat

[The Builder]

Easy peasy Dave........... especially for a Devon lad ...........
Switch off at the switch, and to be sure, off at the circuit breaker as well.
Take off cover
Unscrew the 2 wires attached to thermostat
Pull stat out
Reverse procedure

[Hymie]

The Builder’s advice is concise – I would add that thermostats are available in differing lengths (depending on the length of the heating element).

Therefore I would recommend you remove the faulty thermostat and take it with you when purchasing a replacement at your local plumber’s merchant.

[devon dave]

Thank you both very much for the replies, I feel confident i can do the job. Us Devon lads are pretty good

Cheers
devon Dave

[AlBags]

The stat size is marked/stamped on the immersion element body.

[geno500]

I would add you will need a spanner to remove the thermostat the best ones are like a big socket they are expensive to buy you can hire them quiet cheap if you buy a cheap ring spanner type you will have to be carefull how much force you use ,you can kink the copper tank.

[devon dave]

can you tell me how to drain my heater tank, have turned off water supply and turned on all hot taps but tank has still not emptied and when I tried to remove the thermostat water started to pour out of the apperture. So had to replace old thermostat to stop water Any help greatly accepted

[devon dave]

also no water running out of hot taps