New Electric Shower is cold

kcollins

Hi guys, hoping for some help....

I recently replaced my triton aspirante 9.5kw electric shower as water was getting through it to circuit however since I've had the new shower replaced the water is luke warm to cold and I have no idea why!

I've adjusted the water pressure to the lowest but no change in temperature....strange thing if I have the hot tap on the sink running full flow the shower heats up slightly

The old shower wasn't really very hot but warmer than the new shower.

If anyone can suggest a solution I would be very grateful.. I've resorted to having baths at the moment!

paddyrg

Sounds faulty to me - get whoever fitted it to come back and check/fix it

Ectophile

At this time of year, no electric shower is going to give you really hot water, as the incoming mains water is so cold. However, you should be able to get a decent temperature.

Quick check - does it have a heat control in addition to the big flow knob? If so, make sure it's on high.

Otherwise, it's probably a faulty heater element, or the wiring to the heater.

Apodemus

kcollins wrote: »

I recently replaced my triton aspirante 9.5kw electric shower...

But what did you replace it with? Are you sure that the replacement is also 9.5kW? As mentioned above incoming water is pretty cold at this time of year and a lower wattage shower might not cope.

I would have thought that lowering the water pressure should not make any difference, as i am pretty sure that the Triton heater is fixed output and it is the water throughput that varies to control temperature (which is why shower flow reduces in winter when the input water temperature is low). Equally, turning on a hot tap should not make any difference, although turning on a cold tap might cause a temporary increase until the flow adjusts to the new pressure.

EDIT: Actually, if you have a pressurised hot water system, turning on a hot tap could have the same effect as a cold tap.

justaquestion

What I have found is, especially this time of year, is to turn down the flow on the shower until water gets warm, sometimes can take up to 20 secs, then when it gets warm increase the water flow.

My logic is if too much very cold water is passing through shower at start takes a long time to hearten up.

I have a Redring pumped electric shower.


Maybe wrong but works for me.