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  chris st

  2022-01-09

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  By far the most useless battery I have come across so far. I rank it lower than a purely Chinese no-name battery that costs 15 euros, which, even then, only had the issue of the mechanism being fixed and stuck to the body of the battery. So when it started leaking after 6 years, there was no way to repair it.

  This one was the replacement for the Chinese no-name battery in my father's bathroom, and the responsibility lies with my father for this one and the previous one. I am the one who has to find solutions for the choices of merchants and professionals in this ordeal.

  It started leaking from the mechanism on the 3rd day after installation. The plumber who sold it to my father told him that it just needed tightening of the mechanism's retaining nut. And here I come. I tighten the nut, nothing, the leak remains. I unscrew it completely and remove the mechanism. No problem with the mechanism (which is the only branded part on it). I look inside and realize that the water inlet holes (hot and cold) are not properly aligned from the manufacturing process. As a result, when you install the mechanism straight, it doesn't seal properly. I had to slightly tilt it and hold it parallel to the tightening of the nut, otherwise it would leak again.

  After solving the leakage issue, after 6 months, I was called to solve another problem. The filter in the spout had caught some pebbles and the water wasn't flowing properly. I try to unscrew the filter and it simply DOES NOT unscrew without risking damage to the entire bathroom installation. I had to attempt to do that by completely removing the battery, stabilizing it with a wrench, etc. Of course, I didn't even bother with that. Third issue, I was called to change the telephone coil, I try to unscrew the end of the old coil and as I unscrew it, I realize that the bottom part of the mixer's mast remains in my hand. The mast of the battery unscrewed, not the spout's connection from the mast! And then I struggled to assemble the mixer and screw the mast onto the battery as it should have been screwed. Well, after two years, the battery was leaking again from the part of the mechanism, so I threw it away (which I was eagerly waiting to do).

  All of these scream one thing, nonexistent quality control. The only thing that has a 6-year warranty is the mechanism, which is from SEDAL and costs 4 euros. To cut it short, the battery is purely Chinese and of the bad kind, the warranty is given for a component of another branded company which, anyway, has a ridiculous cost. I am attaching photos of the packaging (which my father kept) so you can see that it is still wrong as it shows the battery without the ridges that the telephone switch button normally has. And of course, the origin P.R.C at the bottom of the box with a sticker. And let the naive one know what P.R.C means (which stands for the initials of the People's Republic of China in English).

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