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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: SherwoodCleaningSe on February 21, 2008, 10:56:44 am

Title: Copper immersion heater & pure water?
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on February 21, 2008, 10:56:44 am

Just thinking of putting a copper immersion heater in my ibc to heat it before transferring it to my truck.  Can anyone see a problem with it.  Will the pure water eat the copper, or will the copper dissolve into the pure water.

Immersion heaters will heat it up to about 60 C if need be.  You can get them for under £20.

Simon.

Title: Re: Copper immersion heater & pure water?
Post by: Captain Scarlet on February 21, 2008, 11:21:04 am

yes hot water and copper cause higher tds. Go do a reading with your hot/cold tap, the hot will have a higher reading generally, Luke

Title: Re: Copper immersion heater & pure water?
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on February 21, 2008, 11:35:36 am

Cheers Luke

I'm having a new boiler fitted today and the plumber seemed to think it would be ok, thought I would check before I got one.

How about something like this

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Immersion-Heaters/Incoloy-Immersion-Heater/invt/159847

An Incoloy immersion heater.  Apparently it doesn't leach into the water and still dirt cheap.  What do you think guys.

Simon.

Title: Re: Copper immersion heater & pure water?
Post by: matt on February 21, 2008, 11:38:33 am

you can get stanless steel

Title: Re: Copper immersion heater & pure water?
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on February 21, 2008, 11:39:22 am

Quote from: matt on February 21, 2008, 11:38:33 am

you can get stanless steel

Where from and is it going to be cheap?

Title: Re: Copper immersion heater & pure water?
Post by: williamx on February 21, 2008, 03:34:34 pm

If the plumber has fitted a new boiler for you today, do you have the old immersion heater element? if so leave in in some pure water and check the tds over a period of time.

Title: Re: Copper immersion heater & pure water?
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on February 21, 2008, 03:38:45 pm

The old cylinder didn't have a heater.  Good idea though.   I've got a Incoloy immersion   from B & Q, see how it goes, I'll check the tds before I transfer it, if it don't work then never mind.

Simon.

Title: Re: Copper immersion heater & pure water?
Post by: matt on February 21, 2008, 05:49:36 pm

ive thought of getting a normal element and having it powder coated ( which should withstand the heat )