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Subject Topic: Anyone Replaced A Water Heater? Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonTwo Tense
01/5/2011 at 8:39pm
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Hi,
Just done a pre seasonal check and clean and found my Malaga E water heater has split on four of the studs, you can imagine the result as I re filled the system!! The price for one of these units is £400.00 and to be honest I never use gas to heat the water and was wondering if it could be replaced with a 1kw 10 litre under sink in-line water heater? Price is about £90.00 so you can see the appeal. I would love to know if this is possible, the only thing it obviously wont have is mains water pressure, would this be a problem? Any thoughts greatly appreciated.


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Personarc systems
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Problem with such a heater might well be the amperage it needs, probably upwards of 2kw so about 8amps!

Propex should be able to supply a new tank half for your Malaga so repairing yours should not cost that much?

Propex also make an all electric heater designed for caravans, so low wattage


PersonTwo Tense
01/5/2011 at 9:58pm
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Thanks for the reply Gary,
I was looking at a 1kw unit as a replacement to keep amperage down to a minimum. The old unit ran at 750 watts, so there is an increase of about 25% but we are sited with a 16 amp supply. I know its not an ideal fix but I just wondered if it would work.

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Yes then in that case it will work


PersonTwo Tense
01/5/2011 at 11:09pm
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Thanks again Gary

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1kW 7 Litre Oversink / Undersink Water Heater

This heater can be mounted under the sink with vented taps required (as shown on the page).

Should draw just under 4.35A when running, with 5amp fuse backing it up.


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http://www.propexheatsource.co.uk/contact.php

try the above link I had same problem and managed to replace just the tank for £150 its prob easier than replacing the whole unit with a different one


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Managed to find invoice, these were the parts I needed to replace the tank after it had split

total was £162 prob slightly more with the vat increase but cheaper than new unit

Quantity     Details                                             Unit                  Price            

1.00              Container Front Casting                 51.73              51.73

1.00              Container Rear Casting                  55.89               55.89

2.00              Container Gasket Malaga               5.46                10.92

10.00            M5 x 20 Socket Head                      0.00                 0.00

10.00            Copper Sealing Washer M5          0.00                 0.00

1.00              Element Gasket                                3.03                 3.03

1.00             Norma Nozzle                                    4.63                4.63

1.00             3/8 Equal Nipple                               1.44                 1.44

hope it helps



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