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devon dave | 20:08 Wed 09th Feb 2011 | DIY
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I am a very capable DIYer and was wondering if it is easy enough to change a immersion heater thermostat
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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
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.
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Thank you both very much for the replies, I feel confident i can do the job. Us Devon lads are pretty good

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devon Dave
The stat size is marked/stamped on the immersion element body.
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.
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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
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also no water running out of hot taps

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