Electric shower

In article , The Medway Handyman writes

Well, it is winter, but as there are 2 elements then yes, it can half work.

When you say that turning to medium makes it colder, does it go completely cold or just cooler (and properly cold when turned to the cold running setting)?

The easy way to find out it to get the client to read the energy consumed on the meter when running for a set period (say 6 mins) with the shower set to high, then set to medium. All other major appliances off and take a baseline use reading for lighting and so on.

But this is TMH and he likes new toys:-)

I suggest a clamp meter.

Might be safer to leave the lid on ;-)

If it's seen as a nuisance call out, the meter approach will let him stay hands off until the client can show there is a fault (let hubby take the flak).

Send the hubby down to the electric meter with the clamp meter and show him how to connect it around the meter tails and how to take readings. Then you can watch the wife in the shower and use an IR themometer to take your own readings of the shower temperature.

Later you can compare notes with each other about how long she was in the shower, her views on the water temperature, the actual temperature in the shower and the readings taken on the clamp meter.

Just cooler, not cold and properly cold when on the cold setting.

No, not a nuisance call, just trying to help a good customer. They bought the shower, I just installed it.

The 3 distinct temps suggest it's a cold weather thing but the meter check will confirm it. If it shows just short of a unit after a 6min run then it's fine (or rather operating to spec).

Cough splutter ROFL

My Guru :-)

Who paid for the VAT on the shower?

dennise will be fuming about that one.

What's the weather like down your way? Incoming water temperature makes a big difference at this time of year. Maybe the inlet temperature has just dropped?

Tim

I think the weight of the wife should be determined first, to determine whether or not these measures are necessary.

perhaps so if you are in a town, not so in the country

I ahd a Redring that blew an element. Fortunately it was in August and the

So yes, it can half-work and, if the element running is about 5kW+ the water will be warm enough at low flow.

The Triton showers here have a control that goes from [off] through [three blue sectors] then through [three red sectors]. DHW is from a plate exchanger on the heat store, fed by mains water.

To get a hot shower in summer one sets the control to the gap between the last blue sector and the first red sector. In winter, to get the same hot shower, the setting needs to be between the second and third red sectors.

No way is the incoming mains temperature constant.

Terry Fields

It's winter.

As you would expect.

As you would expect.

What leads you to think it's only half working?

MBQ

Another Dave

I know.

I did expect that.

And that.

I don't. I said that they can't half work.

I'm in a town, and it goes up and down here. Comes of pumping it out of the Thames.

Andy