Shower lights up with reduce temp even on the coldest setting and will not work

Shower lights up with reduce temp even on the coldest setting and will not work, Everyone who knows nothing of showers say thermostat and they may be right but would like to hear it from someone who actually knows. The other day i was taking a shower and the thing just stoped midflow and said reduce temp and has not worked since even on the coldest setting. Please help
Asked 12 years ago by Anonymous

The things to check first are.

1 That the main valve coming into your house is fully open.

2 Then check that the valve on the line to the shower is fully open.

If these valves are not fully open then there may not be enough water
getting to your shower to open / close the safety device that allowspower through to the elements.

If it stopped mid flow then it may be your solenoid valve, you can check it if you havea multi meter, you should have a reading of at least k3.5 ohms, across the twoterminals any less and you need a new valve. (Check the valve in the failedstate.) (When it has stopped working!)

 

If there is power getting to thesolenoid and it is not operating then there is a good chance that you have afaulty solenoid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzJjzWqxesc

The video is intended as a guide and does not cover every shower.

 

If you don’t have amultimeter  we sell them  with aguide on how to use them for checking and testing the various parts of yourshower.

 

Apart from helping to fix yourshower, they are really useful for checking you have a power supply toappliances, for checking fuses and letting you know much power you have left inbatteries

(So you will know if they aregood or not) and lots of other jobs, in short they are well worth a few pounds

http://www.showerdoc.com/installation/electrical-products/SKYTRO-600-005-Digital-Multi-Tester

 

 

 

 

Answered 12 years ago by Anonymous

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