Can micro switch affect temperature

Hi,

My creda aqua 9.5 e seems to have stopped heating the water .. only luke warm water comes out now ... I have checked the TCO and seems fine ... the resistence of the element seems ok also at 11 and 13 ohms ... reading this webpage leads me to think it could be a microswitch ... there seems to be 2 in this model. Can you tell me what a micro switch does and should I replace both ... Thanks in advance ... I might just change the TCO if I am replacing the micro switches ... any thoughts would be great ... thanks Tom
Asked 11 years ago by Tom

The things to check firstare:

1 That the main valve cominginto your house is fully open.

2 Then check that the valve on the line to the shower isfully open.

If these valvesare not fully open then there may not be enough water getting to your shower.

Make sure that the shower head isclean and clear, that the hose isn’t kinked (this can happen just behind thehand set where it is difficult to see) also check the inside of the hosealthough it can look OK on the outside it could have collapsed internally

The other possibility is a faultyflow/stabilizer valve not allowing the correct amount of water into the shower.

A rough check is to remove theshower head turn temperature control to fully hot the water coming out of thehose should be a bit more than a dribble then turn to fully cold and it shouldbe coming out at full flow.

Ifthere is not much difference between the two then you could have a faulty flowvalve.
The switching on and off of the micro switches sends / removes power to the elements, but these rarely fail, and in this model are a nightmare to change.

Answered 11 years ago by Anonymous

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