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Losing heat and power

Over the past 2 years we are having to turn the temperature dial more and more clockwise to get sufficient heat and as we do this we lose pressure. It's at '3 o'clock' now and another quarter turn would be Maximum. We only get any heat with the 'high' button depressed. We're planning on an all new bathroom later this year and wonder if there is anyway to cost effectively improve the existing shower for the next few months?
Asked 6 years ago by David
It may be a faulty element in the heating tank (there are two, three in most 10kw showers) you can check them with a multi meter you should have a reading of around 12>18 ohms.
If you have power to the elements and no heat it's probably the elements, no power to the elements then it's probably a micro switch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzPt1hsfVq4

If you don’t have a multimeter  we sell them at £10 each 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, letting you know much power you have left in batteries
(so you know if they are dud or not)  and lots of other jobs, in short they are well  worth the money.

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

Answered 6 years ago by George Thomson

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