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I MOVED INTO MY NEW HOME 3YRS AGO AND IN THE BATHROOM WAS A TRITON T80SI. THIS WAS EXISTING AND AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF MOVING IN THE SHOWER BURNT OUT SO I WENT TO SWAP IT OVER AND FOUND THAT THE SUPPLY IS COLD MAINS AND DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD A PUMPED SHOWER ON THE MAINS????? ANY WAY I INSTALLED A MIRA SPORT 8.5kw TO REPLACE THE TRITON and got the low pressure reading so after checking everything was fitted correctly I decided to try to a 9.5kw. same thing happened (low pressure light came on and no water flowing)
tried this again with the Mira advance and still got nothing.
Now I definitely have a cold mains water supply (combi boiler and no storage tank)and this had stumped me so I fitted the triton t80 si (pumped) which was the original shower out of curiosity and it worked (untill now) with no blow offs and no operational problems at all.
problem I now have is the triton t80 si has burnt out after only 18months and before I buy another triton t80 si I wanted to try this forum to see if anyone has a clue what's going on here or if anyone has a solution for me?
mixer shower is out of the question due to a tiling issue so I need to find an answer to fitting an electric shower.
I have also had the mains pressure tested and although its not the best it is ok and should work but they don't.
SO HERES THE SHORT STORY.
1.moved into a new home and a triton t80 si (pumped) was on the wall
2 It burnt out after only a few months
3. found the water supply was mains and tried fitting normal showers but they wont work.
4. fitted a pumped shower on a cold main system and it worked for 18 months.
5. heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllpppppppppp I don't get this at all.

ps. electrics have been checked and correct cable is there.

IF anyone can explain this to me I would be very grateful as I am a PLUMBER my self and have been for over 21yrs and am totally baffled with this.
(only positive thing here for me is its not a customers house as I don't know how many times I would be back at this Lol)

thank you in advance
 
Cut your losses and fit a mixer valve off the combi.
 
Plumber with 21yrs experience?

What did your mains pressure read when you tested it?
 
Fit a triton Sp8 p08 sI it's pumped,electric and designed for low incoming mains pressure.A t80 sI isn't pumped.
 
If a 8.5kw shower won't work ie low pressure why would a 9.5kw????????? Triton T80si is not a pumped shower???
 
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It might be an idea to do a mains pressure test and also check that it can supply at least 8 litre a minute. We had a customer who has replaced the electric shower 3 times because they kept failing due to a mains leak
 
Well most power shower need a minimum 1 bar pressure to start with - it may be your mains pressure is uncommonly low for some reason . . .

Are you sure it is mains otherwise the power showers would work?

The Triton states in the manual that you invalidate the guarantee if you connect it to the mains anyway, I do not understand quite frankly . . . .

Something is not right that's for certain - you must have checked your mains pressure surely when these issues started?

The only thing I can think is that the connection you think is mains, isn't . . .. Nothing else makes sence!
 
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