Hi. I have read a number of threads, but would like to check my particular situation.
When I use my power shower, the water is way too hot unless I turn the power down to 1 and heat to around 7, which means I don't get much more than a trickle water pressure wise. It only started doing this recently - I used to get good pressure at a nice temperature at 2 for power and heat at around 5. I can't work out what has changed - we haven't done anything to the boiler.
I have a Vaillant combi (can't see the model number anywhere on boiler & manual is lost but have posted some pics which may help, think it might be an EcoTec). When the boiler is 'resting', pressure is well below 1, which I think means it's too low. When I use the hot tap in the sinks, I get nice hot water & pressure doesn't move. When I turn the heating on, it fires up OK and pressure rises to around 1.5 after about 5-10 minutes of running.
I've tried to use the 2 filler taps (sorry if wrong terminology) as described elsewhere on the site, but I can't hear any noise of the boiler filling and the pressure doesn't change.
Could the low pressure be causing the excessive heat in my shower?
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When I use my power shower, the water is way too hot unless I turn the power down to 1 and heat to around 7, which means I don't get much more than a trickle water pressure wise. It only started doing this recently - I used to get good pressure at a nice temperature at 2 for power and heat at around 5. I can't work out what has changed - we haven't done anything to the boiler.
I have a Vaillant combi (can't see the model number anywhere on boiler & manual is lost but have posted some pics which may help, think it might be an EcoTec). When the boiler is 'resting', pressure is well below 1, which I think means it's too low. When I use the hot tap in the sinks, I get nice hot water & pressure doesn't move. When I turn the heating on, it fires up OK and pressure rises to around 1.5 after about 5-10 minutes of running.
I've tried to use the 2 filler taps (sorry if wrong terminology) as described elsewhere on the site, but I can't hear any noise of the boiler filling and the pressure doesn't change.
Could the low pressure be causing the excessive heat in my shower?
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