Morning folks,

One of my tenants is complaining that the previously fine Triton electric shower (t80i?) is changing temperature from very cold to very hot at random points when it's in use.
Does anyone have any ideas why this would happen and what i can do to sort it? Don't really want to replace the unit if i can avoid it!

cheers

 

water pressure dropping and causing it to stop heating the water

assuming it's one of them that need a specific amount of water pressure before theyw ork right?

 

we used to have one of these showers and this was common

sorry not much help

 

is it a cold feed one? or has it got a hot feed and a cold feed? it could quite easily be water pressure if it has 2 feeds.

 

sure there is a filter that can be checked as it might not be getting the correct pressure of water mate.

 

inlet diaphragm split

 

thanks for the replies. It's a cold feed only, (good job too as the hot water pressure in the flat is crap anyway!)
I've not heard any mention from them about the cold water pressure decreasing so i'm guessing it's related to the shower itself.
anyone got any more specific ideas of what to cehck and how i do it?
pretty sure i can find an exploded diagram on the net somewhere as I did this before when the brain bung thing on the bottom was leaking.

 

ours did the same, was fixed under warranty...can't actually remember the fault though

it came with the house and i will replace it as its shite!

 

make sure the head or anything after the outlet isnt blocked (with limescale maybe)

this can trip the internal temperarure switch to prevent scalding hence going hot then cold all the time.

 

I used to have problems like this in my old house and it was due to water pressure, someone only had to turn a tap on in the next street and we would be burned alive.

 

Yeah that used to happen on the shower at my mum and dads. It worked fine unless someone else in the house flushed the bog or turned a tap on or the washing machine was running!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWDYIWggpPY

sorry

 

hiya mate, we had the same thing with our Triton shower, same symptoms, was all fine until one day it started switching between cold and red hot. It is a cold water, gravity fed system, it turned out to be a thermostat switch in the unit. Replaced that and it has been fine ever since! Apparently not an uncommon fault according to the Triton helpline.

 

problem is the shower head needs to be cleaned the thermostat is clicking on/off because there is not enough flow

 

thanks for the advice everyone.
i'll check the head first then maybe give the helpline a bell.

 

I'd go with rsnissan on this one.

Also if the heater element is really scaled up it'll trip the unit to turn the heater off (if they are trying to run it hot) and it'll come out freezing until it calms down again.

Take the head off and the cover for the unit (with electric off!!) and run the shower fully cold, give the heater part a bang with your hand and see if it's full of scale (will literally start flowing out the hose)

You can remove the heater part and clean the scale out (all be self explanatory when you see it with the cover off) but you will need to disconnect the water into it (isolate stop cock obviously) and disconnect the wiring to get the guts of the shower out.

 

Never expected to be directed to Passionford when I googled the problem I had with my Triton shower.

Does anyone know how to take off the cover after removing the only screw located at the bottom?

Ta

 

by a new one

 

them showers are proper shit tho so yeah buy a new one

 

take it out and fit a mira they are generally alot better quality albeit a little more expensive

 

actually if its a rental then just fix the fault as that will be your cheapest option

 

did buy a new one in the end! this was a few months ago now!
smokey.. i think it was just a case of pulling at the thing with my one!

 

at least you wont kill the tenants

 

indeed... not much consolation when i think of the live outlet under my bath though!

 

Thanks Mark, I'll give it a good tug tonight.

 

too much info!!!!

 

Perhaps I should rephrase that.....lol