Bosch Hot Water & Heating Pilot Ignition 16P

Solid unit - lasted 22 years – I had to service it a couple of times. But lasted 22 years. Maybe a bit old now, but i got another to replace it like for like. Saved me putting in power and paying for additional plumbing for a newer system. Not as efficient as newer models. But saved me $500+ dollars for now.

Very Disappointed Mr Bosch! – There is no doubting that my Bosch hot water system produces plenty of hot water. (Our system has the gas pilot light for ignition)...BUT...it is terrible for showers. If the hot water requirement were for a kitchen or laundry or even multiple users at the same time it would be ok but for just one user trying to have a shower it is very disappointing. The hot water is so hot and strong that even though we have had it turned down as low as possible, it still needs cold water. No matter how you try and balance it, to get it to a pleasant temperature and not scald yourself, the volume of cold water required soon overrides the volume of hot coming through and turns the hot off so you alternate between being scalded or being frozen. The high volume of hot and cold together to keep it even still results in anything but a relaxing shower - it is like being blasted by a very hot Niagara Falls. The only way I have been able to over come the problem is to have the hot water tap running down the drain in the hand basin at the same time as I have a shower. This provides the volume needed for the hot to not cut out when cold is added. After all the money spent on this system, getting metres of copper pipe to it so it would be closer to the bathrooms, having the experts out to look at it, it has been a total and expensive disappointment. My daughter has the same system at her new apartment and I knew as soon as I stepped in the shower that it must be a Bosch so checked and was correct. If Bosch don't improve their game, they will lose their name.