Replaced TCO - still faulty

Hi

Following your advice I replaced the TCO on my Triton T80i. (original problem:no power light coming onwhen I prsss the on button and the shower runs cold. The flow changedif I turn the temperature dial though)



The shower is still faulty. If i turn the heat setting right up, with the power on high, the flow is tepid (not cold though). The flow is good at when set to cold. The power light still does not illuminate.



Can you advise? At this stage i seem to have fitted a part that cost £25 with no real improvement.



Thanks



Asked 13 years ago by Sean

If the shower is cold then the most likely fault is the TCO, on all our TCO pages there is a video clip showing how to test a TCO, to make sure it is faulty before you buy

 

If there is any heat at all then the TCO will not be faulty the most likely fault will be a faulty element in the heating tank.

 

See below to check for a faulty element.

 

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.

 

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 £10.

 

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

 

 

Answered 13 years ago by Anonymous

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