Hello,
I have a triton spellbind shower that is giving me jip. It will run for a couple minutes and then give me a "low pressure" fault. I contacted Triton and was advised to check the solenoid coil, I did this and got a resistence of 3.5k/ohms which seems OK. I now have to conduct a live continutiy test. I'm OK with electrics I have fault diagnosed and replaced parts on this shower before as well as electric storage heaters but a live continuity test seems a bit sketchy. Tritons terribly meta message e-mails aren't much help -
"With regards for continuity to the solenoid valve we need to check from the terminal block on the shower to the solenoid. With the previously carried out resistance check we have already established that the solenoid coil is working, we now need to establish if the power (at a full 230 / 240v) is present to the solenoid valve to allow it to work."
I believe I should conduct a continuity test from the neutral of the terminal block to the neutral of the solenoid valve. Is this correct?
My super handy multimeter doesn't have a continuity tester, can I just set my meter to resistance and test it? If there's continuity I'll get a reading if not there'll be infinite resistance? I have done this before but never on a LIVE system which is causing my doubts.
Thanking you in advance
I have a triton spellbind shower that is giving me jip. It will run for a couple minutes and then give me a "low pressure" fault. I contacted Triton and was advised to check the solenoid coil, I did this and got a resistence of 3.5k/ohms which seems OK. I now have to conduct a live continutiy test. I'm OK with electrics I have fault diagnosed and replaced parts on this shower before as well as electric storage heaters but a live continuity test seems a bit sketchy. Tritons terribly meta message e-mails aren't much help -
"With regards for continuity to the solenoid valve we need to check from the terminal block on the shower to the solenoid. With the previously carried out resistance check we have already established that the solenoid coil is working, we now need to establish if the power (at a full 230 / 240v) is present to the solenoid valve to allow it to work."
I believe I should conduct a continuity test from the neutral of the terminal block to the neutral of the solenoid valve. Is this correct?
My super handy multimeter doesn't have a continuity tester, can I just set my meter to resistance and test it? If there's continuity I'll get a reading if not there'll be infinite resistance? I have done this before but never on a LIVE system which is causing my doubts.
Thanking you in advance