Please help: What kind of immersion do I have?

Here are some pics of my immersion for a 3rd floor two bedroom apartment. It is just for a single bath/shower, single bath sink and single kitchen sink.

Can someone explain to me what this is? It strikes me a 7 foot tall tank is WAY too big for what it services.

Would I be better off replacing it with something smaller? I could do with the space.

Also, any advice on what smart/WiFi controller might suit? Most I have found seem to be more about controlling room temperatures than just giving it a quick heat for a shower.

dbas

What storage does the tank hold? up to 3 bed residences in Dublin need 100 litres hot water storage only unless the property has two full size bathrooms.
that tank could be double that
you may get a plumber to price the job, but if its not broken, dont fix it. if its well insulated and working efficiently i'd leave it. It should heat up in around 40 minutes.

K.Flyer

What you have is a hot and cold water combination storage cylinder.
The top section of the tank is your Cold water storage and the bottom section is you Hot water storage, so you really cannot reduce the size to gain storage space.
Mains water fills the upper cold tank, which in turn fills the lower hot tank.
Both then supply water to your water pressure boosting pump, which is a Stuart Turner 330N located to the left, which boosts the pressure to taps, showers etc.
To heat the water there are two separate heating immersion elements, both controlled by the time clock.
On the time clock, the main 24hr time control controls the lower element, which heats the water during the night and should provide enough hot water for 2 - 3 showers.
The smaller boost control controls the upper element, which will provide hot water for at least one shower.
The problem with the time clock is that it is set to switch on and off at pre determined times which you cannot adjust too easily.
I think there is a wi-fi enabled immersion unit available, but I imagine it would be quite expensive.

Mean Laqueefa

K.Flyer wrote: »

What you have is a hot and cold water combination storage cylinder.
The top section of the tank is your Cold water storage and the bottom section is you Hot water storage, so you really cannot reduce the size to gain storage space.
Mains water fills the upper cod tank, which in turn fills the lower hot tank.
Both then supply water to your water pressure boosting pump, which is a Stuart Turner 330N located to the left, which boosts the pressure to taps, showers etc.
To heat the water there are two separate heating immersion elements, both controlled by the time clock.
On the time clock, the main 24hr time control controls the lower element, which heats the water during the night and should provide enough hot water for 2 - 3 quick showers.
The smaller boost control controls the upper element, which will provide hot water for at least one quick shower.
The problem with the time clock is that it is set to switch on and off at pre determined times which you cannot adjust too easily.
I think there is a wi-fi enabled immersion unit available, but I imagine it would be quite expensive.

Thanks K.Flyer and all,

that all makes total sense now

I'm hopeful a replacement smart/wifi clock won't break the bank. I have a few other electric things to get done this summer, so rolling the installation in with those might keep the cost down.

Thanks again:)

wandererz

Deleted User wrote: »

Thanks K.Flyer and all,

that all makes total sense now

I'm hopeful a replacement smart/wifi clock won't break the bank. I have a few other electric things to get done this summer, so rolling the installation in with those might keep the cost down.

Thanks again:)

Brilliant explanation from K.Flyer.

OP, I have a similar setup to you.
I installed Heatmiser clock to replace the normal one.
It requires a Heatmiser Neostat to replace current clock & a WiFi hub connected to the Internet. The timer connects to the hub via WiFi & you can control it all via an app.