[SherwoodCleaningSe]

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.

[Captain Scarlet]

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

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

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.

[matt]

you can get stanless steel

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

you can get stanless steel

Where from and is it going to be cheap?

[williamx]

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.

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

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.

[matt]

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