My electric shower started 'leaking' water from the bottom of it so I 
took it apart to try and work out what was wrong with it. It seems that 
the water is 'leaking' from a small clear secondary outlet pipe coming 
from the bottom of what I presume is the heater. I can't see anywhere 
that this could be attached so is it supposed to be like that.

I also noticed that from the main outlet pipe a very small rubber ball 
had fallen out from a opening in the side.

Any ideas?

"JAB"  wrote in message
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> My electric shower started 'leaking' water from the bottom of it so I
> took it apart to try and work out what was wrong with it. It seems that
> the water is 'leaking' from a small clear secondary outlet pipe coming
> from the bottom of what I presume is the heater. I can't see anywhere
> that this could be attached so is it supposed to be like that.
>
> I also noticed that from the main outlet pipe a very small rubber ball
> had fallen out from a opening in the side.
>
> Any ideas?


The 'over-heat' device has popped out. This is a safety mechanism that
prevents the shower from serious damage if it overheats for any reason. From
memory it is a small plastic plug that gives way under pressure. You will
have to replace the plug - they are quite easy and cheap to obtain - as they
cannot be repaired.

Barney wrote:

> "JAB"  wrote in message
> news:iaCie.14500$he1.5826@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
> 
>>My electric shower started 'leaking' water from the bottom of it so I
>>took it apart to try and work out what was wrong with it. It seems that
>>the water is 'leaking' from a small clear secondary outlet pipe coming
>>from the bottom of what I presume is the heater. I can't see anywhere
>>that this could be attached so is it supposed to be like that.
>>
>>I also noticed that from the main outlet pipe a very small rubber ball
>>had fallen out from a opening in the side.
>>
>>Any ideas?
> 
> 
> The 'over-heat' device has popped out. This is a safety mechanism that
> prevents the shower from serious damage if it overheats for any reason. From
> memory it is a small plastic plug that gives way under pressure. You will
> have to replace the plug - they are quite easy and cheap to obtain - as they
> cannot be repaired.
> 
> 


Ta ... had a look on the web today and I must say I was impressed by 
Tritron's web-site in that it had all the information I needed.

Thanks for the reply ...