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| + | Pressure rating is where corners genuinely should not be cut. Every flexible hose has a working pressure it is designed and tested to, and mains-fed systems, unvented cylinders in particular, run at higher sustained pressure than an old gravity-fed tank system ever did. A hose rated for low-pressure use has no business being fitted on a mains-pressure job, regardless of whether the thread happens to match. | ||
| + | A braided hose is built around an inner core, usually rubber or PTFE, with an outer layer of woven stainless steel strands wrapped tightly around it. That braid does not stop the core from ageing, but it does two useful things: it takes on most of the mechanical load and abrasion resistance, protecting the inner core from damage, and it gives a visible early-warning sign if something is wrong, since a failing braided hose often bulges or shows a strand starting to fray before it lets go completely. Rubber hoses tend to fail with far less warning. | ||
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| + | The heating element is the part doing the actual work, raising the temperature of the water as it passes through the unit, and it is also the part most exposed to hard water. In areas with harder mains supply, elements pick up scale over time in exactly the way any heating element does, which reduces efficiency and eventually causes failure, showing up as a shower that runs cold, runs lukewarm, or trips out shortly after being switched on. | ||
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| + | A thermal cut-out is a safety component, designed to break the circuit if the unit overheats for any reason, whether that is scale build-up, restricted flow, or a fault elsewhere in the unit. A cut-out that has tripped and stayed tripped, or one that trips repeatedly, is a common reason a shower stops working even though the heating element itself is fine. Trade buyers restocking cut-outs are usually replacing a component that has done exactly the job it was designed to do. | ||
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| + | None of this is a guide to fitting a shower from scratch; it is a note on the specific [[http:// | ||
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| + | It is also why unvented cylinders carry a different set of safety requirements to a vented tank system. A vented cylinder is open to atmosphere through the tank in the loft, so if something goes wrong the excess pressure has somewhere to go. A sealed, mains-pressure cylinder does not have that release path built in by gravity, so the system relies on a set of dedicated safety fittings instead: an expansion vessel to absorb the extra volume as water heats and expands, a temperature and pressure relief valve, and a separate expansion relief valve, each set to trigger before things reach a point that matters. | ||
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