Electric Shower Issue

keystone

Twisted_Cherry wrote: »

The Housing Association I rent from replaced it about 18 months ago now with a new one, but this one does the same thing, so if this is wrong, then the problem must be with the water supply.

Excuse me being cynical but are you actually sure they replaced it and didn't just clean the cover up, make it all shiny and put it back?

Cheers

Xamol73

Check that they have connected it to your cold water supply (giving you mains pressure) and not to you hot which may be fed from a header tank. If it is fed from the cold mains, then it doesn't matter how many taps are opened in your house it won't make a dent on the flow rate.

Twisted_Cherry

keystone wrote: »

Excuse me being cynical but are you actually sure they replaced it and didn't just clean the cover up, make it all shiny and put it back?

Cheers

I saw the old shower being removed, plus it's a more newer shower!

Twisted_Cherry

Xamol73 wrote: »

Check that they have connected it to your cold water supply (giving you mains pressure) and not to you hot which may be fed from a header tank. If it is fed from the cold mains, then it doesn't matter how many taps are opened in your house it won't make a dent on the flow rate.

It's funny you should say that because sometimes I get 'Warm' water from the cold tap in the sink!

keystone

Twisted_Cherry wrote: »

It's funny you should say that because sometimes I get 'Warm' water from the cold tap in the sink!

Possible if the hot pipe and the cold pipe are next door to one another and heat transfer is taking place. Do you mean sink (kitchen) or do you mean basin (bathroom or cloakroom)?

Cheers

keystone

Twisted_Cherry wrote: »

I saw the old shower being removed, plus it's a more newer shower!

OK thanks. You didn't mind me asking I suppose? Which Triton (the new one) is it? You haven't said.

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Twisted_Cherry

keystone wrote: »

Possible if the hot pipe and the cold pipe are next door to one another and heat transfer is taking place. Do you mean sink (kitchen) or do you mean basin (bathroom or cloakroom)?

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The bathroom one

keystone wrote: »

OK thanks. You didn't mind me asking I suppose? Which Triton (the new one) is it? You haven't said.

Cheers

It's a T80, same as the one replaced but a newer model

keystone

Twisted_Cherry wrote: »

The bathroom one

I which case I'd suggest cold feed running alomngside a hot pipe somewhere.

It's a T80, same as the one replaced but a newer model

Thanks. Dinner on table. Have to come back on that later.

Cheers

keystone

One 64k question is did they commission it properly iaw the manufacturers indstructions?

There are all sorts of possibilities here from a) It never worked properly out of the box to z) its not plumbed right some of which has been touched upon already by others. On balance I think DYNs advice earlier up the thread is the right advice. It's the HAs problem - punt it back to them to fix it.

Cheers

Twisted_Cherry

keystone wrote: »

One 64k question is did they commission it properly iaw the manufacturers indstructions?

There are all sorts of possibilities here from a) It never worked properly out of the box to z) its not plumbed right some of which has been touched upon already by others. On balance I think DYNs advice earlier up the thread is the right advice. It's the HAs problem - punt it back to them to fix it.

Cheers

Thanks I have phoned the HA and they are sending someone out on Friday. I shall keep you posted!