TRITON SHOWER

jolyn2004 · 19 Jun 2005

Installed a Triniton shower just over a year ago...worked fine for just over the period of guarantee then STOPPED (no longer heats the water) ...no lights to shower come on either....is this one of those ingenious ticking bombs that goes off just after the guarantee runs out or could it be something else?

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kevplumb · 19 Jun 2005

Installed a Triniton shower

Trinitron is a tv

do you mean triton

jolyn2004 · 19 Jun 2005

Yep...you caught me with that one....Triton Spirit....that better eh?

kevplumb · 19 Jun 2005

first check the fuse
if it has power check the thermal cut out on top of the can hasnt tripped

if you need the instructions etc look

here

jolyn2004 · 19 Jun 2005

Thanks for that kev....(and the link)...if the thermal cutout has tripped can it be manualy reset?

kevplumb · 19 Jun 2005

no it will need to be replaced horrendously expensive

jolyn2004 · 19 Jun 2005

More than buying a replacement shower?

kevplumb · 19 Jun 2005

na you should get change out of £20

not much tho spares are a rip off

no sense of humor some people (or mine is warped)

jolyn2004 · 19 Jun 2005

Wasnt sure about the sarcasm.....odd for me

breezer · 19 Jun 2005

buy the overheat stat and watch the new one go, marvelous.

the question should be why did the stat go, i suspect heating element furred up, new shower time, still i could be wrong

jolyn2004 · 19 Jun 2005

Good point and we do live in a hard water area.....

kevplumb · 19 Jun 2005

you can get the heater can seperate as a spare tho

breezer · 19 Jun 2005

so you are saying buy heater and overheat stat as spares, i wonder which is chepaer, new shower or same shower as spares

kevplumb · 19 Jun 2005

breezer said:
so you are saying buy heater and overheat stat as spares, i wonder which is chepaer, new shower or same shower as spares

i did not sugesst anything of the sort

i just put it forward as a point to consider

john1966 · 18 Mar 2012

I know this is an old forum but for any one that comes along with the same problem you can reset the thermal cut out. Take the sticker off the top and with a very small pilot drill slowly and carefully drill a hole in the center of the plastic top where the sticker was. Be carefull not to go in any deeper than the plastic as the thermal strip is just inside. Once you have drilled the hole push a small nail or pin into the hole and push down until you hear and feel a click. This is the strip being pushed down and reset. Put the sticker or some gaffer tape over the hole and you are good to go!

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