Recent content by vladman

I'm not sure why you've all turned against me, seemingly, I've been polite, and very thankful for all your input and suggestions. I've have also not misled any of you, or provided any inaccurate information. I have not said that I've done something I haven't, nor that I haven't done something I...

Didn't have a chance to do this... If it continues to behave, I'll just leave it!

Yep.

Mystery deepens... Been using the shower the last few days, was careful with the dial, trying to find the warmest comfortable temperature without it tripping (also only on medium setting)... It never tripped. So this morning, I decided to test it properly, and just chose the high setting, and...

Ah, I've almost given up and started looking at new showers... I assume I should extract the TCO to test it? And would this test pretty conclusively confirm if TCO is at fault (one way or another)? Yes. Been like that for years and years (at least 7-8), no issues. Yes (one where the water...

Thank you guys. I see what you're saying. I am definitely someone who doesn't mind doing a repair myself, as long as I'm confident I can do it, and changing the TCO doesn't seem very complicated, so I'm inclined to give it a go, but what I'm trying to ascertain is if you guys think it's...

Muggles, I think I misunderstood, you mean you're suggesting I change the TCO, not the whole shower unit? Dilalio, if it's something easily fixable, I prefer doing that.

Normally, I'd take you up on this, I like this sort of messing about, but very little time right now. But thanks again. You mean change the entire shower unit? Does it sound like it's the TCO that's the culprit here? I haven't yet heard (from reading other posts on this subject) that they can...

You mean completely extract it, and test it in isolation? How can I establish the cut out temperature?

Hi, neither. I tested for continuity on the TCO still in situ (with all wires connected) with the electricity supply to the shower off, and had continuity (beeping on the multimeter). What about the encrustations on top of the tank, is that normal?

Hi, thanks for your reply. I'm not sure what exactly you mean by excessively (if you mean scalding, clearly-wrong-hot, then the answer is no). It just seems to get as hot as it should, on any given dial setting. In other words, the water temperature (as regulated by the dial), seems normal...

Hi, I've searched on the forum, and found a few threads dealing with this, but still need a bit of assistance. So, the shower started overheating a few weeks ago. It's quite old now, probably 7-8 years, but it's worked fine all this time (except for the whining noise, which was there from the...

Got it, thanks guys. :) I'm looking to see what the best deal on replacing the thing is, as it's old, and just a headache.

Ok, fair enough, thanks everyone.

Thanks for the reply. Isn't it also obvious I'm posting here precisely for that reason, to get further information on something I'm unsure about? If I knew everything (or thought I know everything), there'd be no need to be here asking questions. :) I'd be very grateful if you could elaborate.