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    • Heavy Duty Industrial Immersion Heaters (Brass Head): PIHB Range
      • 3kW Heavy-Duty Industrial Immersion Heater (Brass Head): model PIHB3
      • 4.5kW Heavy-Duty Industrial Immersion Heater (Brass Head): model PIHB4.5
      • 6kW Heavy-Duty Industrial Immersion Heater (Brass Head): model PIHB6
      • 9kW Heavy-Duty Industrial Immersion Heater (Brass Head): model PIHB9
      • 12kW Heavy-Duty Industrial Immersion Heater (Brass Head): model PIHB12
      • 15kW Heavy-Duty Industrial Immersion Heater (Brass Head): model PIHB15
      • 18kW Heavy-Duty Industrial Immersion Heater (Brass Head): model PIHB18
      • 24kW Heavy-Duty Industrial Immersion Heater (Brass Head): model PIHB24
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      • 3kW Stainless Steel Heavy-Duty Industrial Immersion Heater: model PIHSS3
      • 4.5kW Heavy-Duty Industrial Immersion Heater (Stainless Steel): model PIHSS4.5
      • 6kW Heavy-Duty Industrial Immersion Heater (Stainless Steel): model PIHSS6
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      • 15kW Heavy-Duty Industrial Immersion Heater (Stainless Steel): model PIHSS15
      • 18kW Heavy-Duty Industrial Immersion Heater (Stainless Steel): model PIHSS18
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Technical

Contents

  • Screwed immersion heater schematic
  • Vat heater installation instructions
  • Advice on PAT testing immersion heaters
  • British Standard pipe thread sizes
  • Screwed immersion heater schematic
  • IEE wiring regulations
  • British Standard pipe thread sizes
 

Screwed immersion heater schematic

under 3kW immersion heater wiring diagram
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Download a wiring diagram for our screwed immersion heaters by clicking here

 

Vat heater installation instructions

Point-by-point text instructions for installing and maintaining vat heaters can be downloaded by clicking here.

Tips on PAT testing of immersion heaters

Immersion heaters have to be treated differently from other appliances when PAT tested. You can download tips on this by clicking here.

 

How to install, wire, and maintain an immersion heater

immersion heater wiring
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Installation, Wiring and Maintenance Instructions are available here, as are the IEE Wiring Regulations.

 

Busbar selection

a busbar
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Download the Process Heating Services guide to busbar ratings.

 

IEE Wiring Regulations

Download a free colour guide to the 2004 IEE Wiring Regulations amending the British Standard to specify new cable core colours for all new fixed wiring in electrical installations in the UK by clicking here. These colours are referred to as “harmonised”, because they bring the UK standards more closely in line with practice in mainland Europe.

 

British Standard pipe thread sizes: parallel, BSPP/BPSF

Download this table to print out as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file.
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British Standard pipe thread: parallel, BSPP/BPSF

nominal sizedash sizeouter diameter/mminner diameter male thread/mmpitch/mmthreads per inchpitch diameterthread height/mmtap drill diameter/mm
1/8"29.7288.5660.907289.1470.5818.7
1/4"413.15711.4451.3371912.3010.85611.6
3/8"616.66214.951.3371915.8060.85615
1/2"820.95518.6311.8141419.7931.16219
5/8"1022.91120.5871.8141421.7491.16220.75
3/4"1226.44124.1171.8141425.2791.16224.5
7/8" 1430.20127.8771.8141429.0391.16228
1" 1633.24930.2912.3091131.771.47930.5
1 1/8" 1837.89734.9392.3091136.4181.47935
1 1/4" 2041.9138.9522.3091140.4311.47939.5
1 3/8" 2244.32341.3652.3091142.8441.47941.5
1 1/2" 2447.80344.8452.3091146.3241.47945
1 3/4"2853.74650.7882.3091152.2671.47951
2" 3259.61456.6562.3091158.1351.47957
2 1/4" 3665.7162.7522.3091164.2311.47963
2 1/2" 4075.18472.2262.3091173.7051.47972.5
2 3/4"4481.53478.5762.3091180.0551.47979
3"4887.88484.9262.3091186.4051.47985.5

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