Wafer switches?

[Ray Zorblade]

Hi all, being an amateur repair freak I derive great pleasure from repairing
my own items for pennies, deemed f**ked by experts or young people reading
from a fault chart over the phone, my latest quest is a shower, I have
traced the problem I think to a couple of switches which are of the type
behind a vinyl panel, the space is so limited behind that I am not sure what
type of switch is used or where to get a spare, the shower company as you
might guess have no current spare part and recommend buying another £180
shower. Can an any brains on here help out
Thanks

 

[john]

Wrong News group Pal.

kip

 

[Ray Zorblade]

Huh! this group is for repairs and advice??

 

[James Sweet]

Huh! this group is for repairs and advice??

Both, I'm not entirely sure what he's going on about, nothing wrong with
your post.

 

[Daniel L. Belton]

Wrong News group Pal.

kip

How is this the wrong newsgroup? The OP was asking about a switch, and
where he might be able to purchase one. who cares if the switch actually
went in a shower. the post was still pretty much on topic, since his
request has to do with electronics repair.

 

[paybal]

How is this the wrong newsgroup? The OP was asking about a switch, and
where he might be able to purchase one. who cares if the switch actually
went in a shower. the post was still pretty much on topic, since his
request has to do with electronics repair.

Ah ha, another hapless victim falls foul of the intricate netiquette of
electronics repair, he should have posted to sci.electronics.repair
includingshowercontrol, a simple but frequently made mistake

 

[jakdedert]

I think the OP might have been a bit more clear, or included more detail.
IIRC, he said the switch was in a *shower.* There's not any switches in any
shower with which I am familiar, but I don't make it a habit to peek into
other peoples bathrooms.... ;-)

jak

 

[Ray Zorblade]

I think the OP might have been a bit more clear, or included more detail.
IIRC, he said the switch was in a *shower.* There's not any switches in any
shower with which I am familiar, but I don't make it a habit to peek into
other peoples bathrooms.... ;-)

jak

All electric showers which outnumber mixer types by a ratio of 7x1 have at
least an off /on switch, a circuit board, an immersion heater and
thermostat, and they connect to a safety breaker which is a lot more stuff
than a kettle for instance

 

[Sam Goldwasser]

All electric showers which outnumber mixer types by a ratio of 7x1 have at
least an off /on switch, a circuit board, an immersion heater and
thermostat, and they connect to a safety breaker which is a lot more stuff
than a kettle for instance

Then you probably aren't familiar with the $11,000 Japanese toilet
that.... Well, let's just say it does just about everything.

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[Daniel L. Belton]

I think the OP might have been a bit more clear, or included more detail.
IIRC, he said the switch was in a *shower.* There's not any switches in
any
shower with which I am familiar, but I don't make it a habit to peek into
other peoples bathrooms.... ;-)

jak

I agree... The OP should have been more specific in what he was asking,
since it's next to impossible to help him given the information he supplied

 

[Ray Zorblade]

I agree... The OP should have been more specific in what he was asking,
since it's next to impossible to help him given the information he

supplied

Ok I suppose what I am asking is where to obtain momentary switches no
thicker than a piece of card,I have seen the same arrangment on some alarm
panels and microwaves
Thanks

 

[James Sweet]

I agree... The OP should have been more specific in what he was asking,
since it's next to impossible to help him given the information he

supplied

I've seen a shower with switches, it had an electronic temperature regulator
with buttons to set it and a numerical display.

 

[James Sweet]

supplied

Ok I suppose what I am asking is where to obtain momentary switches no
thicker than a piece of card,I have seen the same arrangment on some alarm
panels and microwaves
Thanks

Those are generally made as a one piece custom unit, your device may not use
one of those though, I've seen similar looking ones that had normal PCB
mounted switcheswith just a plastic pad over them, you'll have to take it
apart to find out. The problem may not be switches at all, if moisture got
in and bridged some of the contacts it may think a button is stuck down
causing others to not respond.

 

[jakdedert]

All electric showers which outnumber mixer types by a ratio of 7x1 have at
least an off /on switch, a circuit board, an immersion heater and
thermostat, and they connect to a safety breaker which is a lot more stuff
than a kettle for instance

I assume that we're talking about a European convention. In the U.S., most
common showers are completely mechanical in nature...two faucets, one
spout...turn one or the other faucet to regulate temperature and flow.
There are fancy temp regulators which rely on bimetallic strips to set
temperature like a thermostat. I suppose Bill Gates has an electronic
shower, but they are not common items, at least in my socio-economic strata.

jak

 

[paybal]

I assume that we're talking about a European convention. In the U.S., most
common showers are completely mechanical in nature...two faucets, one
spout...turn one or the other faucet to regulate temperature and flow.
There are fancy temp regulators which rely on bimetallic strips to set
temperature like a thermostat. I suppose Bill Gates has an electronic
shower, but they are not common items, at least in my socio-economic strata.

Here is where we have got mixed up, 7 out of ten showers in the UK are of
the instant type requiring not hot water tank, they employ a 8>10.5 Kw
heater, have many fancy controls , temp memory, timer etc although they can
be expensive a basic unit can be ac little as £50 and they cost a fraction
of the price of a mixer type to use.

 

[jakdedert]

switches have
Here is where we have got mixed up, 7 out of ten showers in the UK are of
the instant type requiring not hot water tank, they employ a 8>10.5 Kw
heater, have many fancy controls , temp memory, timer etc although they can
be expensive a basic unit can be ac little as £50 and they cost a fraction
of the price of a mixer type to use.

Although I've spent some time in the UK, I've never seen these...of course
it's been 20 years and I was living in Council Housing in North London...no
cutting edge technology there. On the continent I saw a lot of 'on demand'
water heaters, and a lot of water heaters which one had to crank up, and
wait until it got hot before use.

The convention here in the land of cheap energy is to have a unit which
constantly keeps 25-75 U.S. gallons of water hot and ready to use. Energy
is supplied either by electricity or natural gas. On-demand units are
available, but not common, by any means. More expensive/extensive systems
combine that system with the heating/cooling in the dwelling.

jak