Dry electric heating element for water heater 800 W, L=325 mm, DAVIGO

A dry element never touches the water. It sits inside a sealed metal sleeve in the tank and heats the air around it, so scale cannot build up on the tube, hard water does no harm, and you can swap it without draining the heater.

This straight 800 W (0.8 kW, 220 V) element fits the sleeves used in Gorenje and Electrolux water heaters. Before ordering, pull the old element and measure it: the seated length up to the fork of the tubes should be 325 mm, give or take 5 mm, and the overall length 355 mm. Two 6 mm terminals, set at 90 degrees.

If the old one failed, look at the sleeve and the magnesium anode on the flange: a corroded sleeve lets water in, and that is what kills a dry element.

• Power — 800 W (0.8 kW), 220 V
• Tube diameter — 12 mm
• Seated length — 325 mm, overall — 355 mm
• Terminals — 2 × 6 mm at 90°
• Material — stainless steel