Built an extension 4 yr ago and installed a triton t100xr on recommendation from a plumber, this is the second bathroom and I thought I would go with a different power source in case one broke down. Its terrible nobody ever uses it!
I do know of a healrhcare type, I think, a Triton, that can do a form of that but only on one of the elements, ie, one full on, the other, "modulating". Can you post a link please Harry.
Is the flow manually adjusted? I'd have thought you'd usually want flow at maximum (hence max power input) unless the mains water was quite warm.Nearly! Some are able to vary the heat, or power input, to achieve a temperature you preset on the dial. My previous one did this, as does my latest one. I would not welcome one, without this feature, it is entirely set and forget.
Is the flow manually adjusted? I'd have thought you'd usually want flow at maximum (hence max power input) unless the mains water was quite warm.
OK, I thought you meant it varied the power continuously to maintain a set temperature, at a manually set flow. It sounds like you select the power and it automatically adjusts the flow to give the set temperature.There is no manual control at all, just an on/off button, temperature dial, and a switch for cold, low power, full power.
It sounds like you select the power and it automatically adjusts the flow to give the set temperature.
But you said it has 3 power settings, cold (none!), low and full. I assumed the setting was manually selected. Do you mean it automatically switches between low and full?It perhaps also adjusts the flow, but I have not noticed that, but it certainly adjusts the power to match the temperature dialed in. Press the on button, it starts cold, then goes a little too hot, before settling.
The only way a electric shower can automatically maintain a dialled in temperature is by also regulating the flow rate or ensuring a manually adjusted flow rate is not greater than the shower power available to heat that volume of water.
But you said it has 3 power settings, cold (none!), low and full. I assumed the setting was manually selected. Do you mean it automatically switches between low and full?
If it varies the kW, I would think it does that to maintain set temperature, either by a solid state circuit or maybe on/off control with a short cycle, like the Simmerstat on an electric hob.Checking power consumption, proves it varies the Kw load, but I am less sure about whether it manages to also adjust the water flow.
And/or varying the power input, to the heating element.
No, the three options, are manual settings. We never use the cold, or low settings. We only use the full setting, which manages to supply a constant, steady temperature controlled flow. Checking power consumption, proves it varies the Kw load, but I am less sure about whether it manages to also adjust the water flow.
What I can say is - winter or summer, despite the variations in incoming water temperature, and pressure variations - the water temperature from the shower head is always the same temperature.
Our original shower #1, was a basic one where you had to adjust the water flow, to tune the temperature. It was an hopeless battle, due to varying mains pressure. The #2, I replaced it with, was temperature controlled, cost me around £400 and was absolutely great. That failed after many years of use, so I tried to buy a similar model as a #3. I was pleased to find, that costs had significantly fallen, since buying #2, for the same spec. of shower.
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