Triton Ivory 2 - cuts out during showering

Hello,

I have a Triton Ivory II, 10.5kW, which started to cut out after the shower is running for a while. The time to when it cuts out seams to relate to the temerature setting (quicker when hotter), and what happens is that the shower goes off and the power light is now of too. No fuses went in the house and the light on the main switch (ceilling) is still on. Switching off and on the mains switch doesn't help, you have to wait for a while till you can switch on the main switch again and the power light on the shower comes on again. However, waiting not long enough cuts out the shower immediately again when switching the knob to hot water, cold water setting seams not affected. Needs longer waits till you can shower (for a shortish while) again.



Any recommendations what goes wrong here and is it something which can be fixed?



Thank you
Asked 12 years ago by Anonymous

It may be your solenoid valve, you can check it if you have a multi meter, you should have a reading of at least k3.5 ohms, across the two terminals any less and you need a new valve. (Check the valve in the failed state.) (When it has stopped working!)

 

If there is power getting to the solenoid and it is not operating then there is a good chance that you have a faulty solenoid.

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

The video is intended as a guide and does not cover every shower.

 

If you don’t have a multimeter  we sell them  with a guide on how to use them for checking and testing the various parts of your shower.

 

Apart from helping to fix your shower, they are really useful for checking you have a power supply to appliances, for checking fuses and letting you know much power you have left in batteries

(So you will know if they are good or not) and lots of other jobs, in short they are well worth a few pounds

http://www.showerdoc.com/installation/electrical-products/SKYTRO-600-005-Digital-Multi-Tester

 

 

Answered 12 years ago by The Shower Doctor

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