Sentence examples for immersion heater from inspiring English sources
noun
A device for supplying domestic hot water in which a thermostatically-controlled heating element is immersed within a tank of water
Mum and Nor discussed with deep interest the economics of using the immersion heater.
I never understood this lack of confidence until something went wrong with our immersion heater one day.
Energy is saved as the warmed water only needs a small boost from a conventional boiler or immersion heater to make the water hotter.
The problem with the timer was that sometimes the hot water ran out, and in my impatience I would flip on the tank's electric immersion heater - it's there as an emergency back up - and then forget to turn it off.
May assured Sheila that there was plenty of hot water because the immersion heater had been on all evening, but although Sheila rather longed for a bath, she didn't want to keep everybody waiting for the bathroom.
Paul and Phil Hartnoll's signature headlamp glasses remain a great visual gimmick, even if the average age of the sold-out Glasgow crowd suggests they'd just as likely strap them on to pinpoint a leak in the immersion heater as go raving.
Subject: Electrical Appliances-Percolators/Immersion Heaters/Portable Heaters Encl.: None Reference: None 1. Purpose: To provide information to all staff regarding use of electric percolators, immersion heaters & portable heaters.
Accessories for individual tanks normally include filters, air pumps, lights, and electric thermostatically controlled immersion heaters, or perhaps alternately, some means of chilling the water.
Green describes his aesthetic as "DIY masculinity" and this goes back to his childhood in Hendon: "I grew up in a family of builders and upholsterers; my house was always full of bits of wood and immersion heaters".
2. Cancellation: This instruction cancels no previous directive & is itself cancelled when superseded. 3. Applicability: To all National Staff at Headquarters 4. Background: None. 5. Procedure: The use of electric percolators & immersion heaters in offices or lounge is prohibited.
After a while, she told reporters that she was a widow who had lost her husband to sickness a year ago, and had taken up his old job, selling hand-held immersion heaters from a handcart.
