Strangiato said:
I have a Triton Bermuda electric shower. ("Inherited" from the people I
bought the house from.
BTW, I'm no DIY man.
When I switch it on it pours water out of, and only out of, a plastic pipe
sticking out of the bottom of the shower unit. Internal inspection doesn't
show anything "obviously" wrong. Is it worth trying to get it fixed, or
should I change my shower?
Thanks in anticipation
You've probably blocked the shower head hose somehow or it's damaged on the
outer metal skin and is pressing against the inner rubber tube, or the
pressure relief diaphragm has just worn out with age. Make sure the shower
head and its hose aren't kinked or choked by limescale, if you're in a hard
water area.
Here's some instructions if you want to replace the faulty part. It's an
easy and very, very cheap repair to carry out if you follow these
instructions. Read them through first before you go do the job, just to
give you an idea of what is needed.
Look inside the main shower unit itself, making sure to turn the power off
at the mains, you'll see that the shower head hose connects to a removable
pipe at the bottom of the big heater (copper) tank thing. The removable
pipe is held in place by two screws (cross head) through lugs on either side
of the pipe near the tank end.
Put the plug in the waste hole or cover the waste water outlet with a cloth
before doing the next bit. Undo the screws and it will let you slide the
pipe out of the tank by pulling gently downward and lifting out toward you
as you go. Watch out that you don't lose the rubber washer on the very end
of the pipe.
On the back of the pipe you'll see two little bracket shaped things. These
actually hold the Pressure Relief Diaphragm in place on the bottom of the
heater tank. The PRD looks like a piece of plastic with a hole in the
middle. The hole will be covered with a very thin black rubber cap and it's
this rubber cap that is the actual pressure relief diaphragm. You should
see that it has a big hole through, well that shouldn't be there.
Now, if the shower head and its hose are all perfectly clean and clear, then
you can make a simple repair of the PRD by putting a piece of very thin
plastic sheet over it. The best and safest I've found is from the plastic
bags you get in super markets on a roll that you pull a bag off and put your
fruit in it type. Thin density and strength are almost identical to the
actual PRD, so it is safe enough to use as a replacement diaphragm.
Tear a small piece of the bag off and place it over the little plastic piece
with the hole in it, so the piece of bag doesn't need to be that big, making
sure it covers the hole and hangs over the sides of the plastic holder. You
can then push the plastic bit back in the hole on the bottom of the heater
tank.
Now offer the pipe back to the bottom of the tank, making sure not to
wrinkle the rubber washer on the end, and when you pop it in you put the
screws back in the lugs and tighten them up, not to much, until they hold
the outlet pipe back in place.
Turn the power on and try the shower. Yippee !!!! It works perfectly.
Doesn't it ?
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