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Hi, have recently had a lithium set up installed professionally, and was thinking of having a solar dump added for the summer, but as my calorifier is not plumbed into the mains, he could not fit one at the time. Also when he saw the state of the element he said it would need renewing. When I first bought the boat, I could hear what appeared to be the prv intermittently releasing water, which was cured by turning down the pressure switch on the pump after it failed and I fitted a new one. Anyway that was a few years ago, and I have had no trouble with it since, but I’m quite clueless about such things, and have taken no notice of it since until now , as I was thinking of getting the dump installed, anyway a local mechanic , looking at the picture, has advised that because of the state of the rust etc, if the element is replaced it may not fit back in, but wouldn’t know obviously till tried. So my question is, if the element comes out and can’t be threaded back in, does that mean, a new calorifier. How long would that take to source and fit, and would that leave me without water for however long that takes, if the element won’t screw back in. So as a live aboard it would mean moving out till sorted. Next is it worth taking the time doing that, or just buy a new calorifier. Also as that is gonna cost circa a grand, I have to weigh up if that is worth paying for with a solar dump on top of that for another few hundred,is it worth it.? Lastly, the calorifier does look terrible, but working fine, so should it be replaced anyway, ie does it look like it will give me problems soon anyway and best replaced ? How long do they last in this state. Any advice welcomed.