Triton Opal Shower reduced power

[billonthewing]

Hello People, I hope you can help. I have a Triton Opal 9.5kw electric shower, working fine for some years, that is untill daughter decided to stand on the shower head the other day, and following a loudish bang a puff of smoke, it now operates at a reduced preasure. Temperature seems ok still, it\\\'s as if the water is being heated up but not pumped through.

Any thought or help would be appreciated

 

[didthathurt]

I don't know this shower at all, to be honest, but any

loudish bang and a puff of smoke

from a piece of kit drawing in excess of 40Amps - almost regardless of any other symptom - must, IMO, be investigated. Does sound, at first listen, a bit like a replacement is called for.

 

[Steve]

your shower doesnt have a pump. lets get that straight for a start.

It sounds like one of the elements has burned up.

This is how electric showers work - when you turn the temperature dial to "max", the water slows right down, in order that it remains in the heater for longer so gets hotter. When you turn it to "min", you get a blast of water, but it is much colder because it hasn't had time to heat up in the heater. This is the principle of an electric shower.

One of the elements has gone, so the water has to flow much slower to heat up - hence reduced pressure. But this is normally an adjustment the user would make, unless it is a thermostatic model.

It definitely needs repairing / replacing. replacement is normally cheaper.

 

[plugwash]

does that include the cost of ripping apart and making good a tiled wall because you can't find a new shower with connections that match?

 

[Steve]

does that include the cost of ripping apart and making good a tiled wall because you can't find a new shower with connections that match?

no. valid point. cheers.

 

[Adam_151]

Give tritton a call on 024 7637 2222 and see if they can sell you a new heater can for your shower