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Hi All
We moved into this property in 2014 and in doing so, inherited a Redring Expressions 500s 8.5kw electric shower.
We were told by the vendors that the shower was 2 years old when they sold the house, so it would be around five years old as of now, if the information they gave us then was accurate. Which is no age at all for an electric shower to develop a fault, in my limited experience.
As of recently the length of time between turning the shower on until the flow reduces and the temperature stabilises has gone from just a second or two to about half a minute (lest that not be clear, when you hit the On switch the shower comes on with the full force of mains pressure, remains cold for a short period then the flow reduces and the shower stabilises at the preset temperature).
Once it's up and running, the temperature remains stable and the shower is fine, and the above problem is still intermittent. My concern is that we're wasting water waiting for the temperature to stabilise, so I wanted to ask whether an economical repair to return the appliance to rapid start-up is feasible.
If not, I'll probably replace the whole unit rather than continue wasting water unnecessarily.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
We moved into this property in 2014 and in doing so, inherited a Redring Expressions 500s 8.5kw electric shower.
We were told by the vendors that the shower was 2 years old when they sold the house, so it would be around five years old as of now, if the information they gave us then was accurate. Which is no age at all for an electric shower to develop a fault, in my limited experience.
As of recently the length of time between turning the shower on until the flow reduces and the temperature stabilises has gone from just a second or two to about half a minute (lest that not be clear, when you hit the On switch the shower comes on with the full force of mains pressure, remains cold for a short period then the flow reduces and the shower stabilises at the preset temperature).
Once it's up and running, the temperature remains stable and the shower is fine, and the above problem is still intermittent. My concern is that we're wasting water waiting for the temperature to stabilise, so I wanted to ask whether an economical repair to return the appliance to rapid start-up is feasible.
If not, I'll probably replace the whole unit rather than continue wasting water unnecessarily.
Thanks in advance for any advice.