Immersion heater thermostat tripping

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by johnnyrod

See above, it needs to be about 60C to keep the system free of nasty bugs. Any higher and you start dropping scale out in the tank, if that is a problem in your kettle as well.

Yes ,I know the actual water should be about 60C, as it used to be when the thermostat on the cylinder was set at 60C. The problem is the gauge isn't accurate. I have set it at below 50C on the thermostat to get the water feeling about right. (Set at 60C on the thermostat the water was coming out of the taps scalding hot )

[SV650rules]

Originally Posted by johnnyrod

See above, it needs to be about 60C to keep the system free of nasty bugs. Any higher and you start dropping scale out in the tank, if that is a problem in your kettle as well.

IIRC +/- 70deg C is the point where scale starts to come out of water, hot water deffo needs to be stored above 55C and preferably 60C.

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by SV650rules

IIRC +/- 70deg C is the point where scale starts to come out of water, hot water deffo needs to be stored above 55C and preferably 60C.

As far as my comments are concerned I am not disputing the hot water should be at 60C. The problem is getting the water set at 60C by the thermostat on the hot water cylinder because it isn't accurate.

[SV650rules]

I popped a kitchen thermometer into one of the spare thermostat pockets on our cylinder to check temp. Otherwise can check water temp coming out of hot tap nearest to storage cylinder.