Shower starts momentarily but will not stay on. Mira Sport 10.8kW

The shower has power and all lights come on. When any of the high medium low buttons are pressed the shower starts for a few seconds but then a valve shuts off. the light stays red and does not change to green. This has degenerated over a few months and always eventually started but now does not stay on. Water heater is OK as new one fitted a few years ago. Any ideas to part or parts required? PCB?



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Andy Merrison
Asked 12 years ago by Anonymous

The fault could be with the solenoid which is part of the flow valve or a faulty PCB.

 

The best thing to do is to check the solenoid and if it is at fault then replace the flow valve if the solenoid is OK then the problem is with the PCB.

 

See below for how to check the solenoid.

 

 

It may be your solenoid valve, you can check it if you have a multi meter, you should have a reading of at least k3.5 ohms, across the two terminals any less and you need a new valve. (Check the valve in the failed state.) (When it has stopped working!)

 

If there is power getting to the solenoid and it is not operating then there is a good chance that you have a faulty 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 a multimeter  we sell them  with a guide on how to use them for checking and testing the various parts of your shower.

 

Apart from helping to fix your shower, they are really useful for checking you have a power supply to appliances, for checking fuses and letting you know much power you have left in batteries

(So you will know if they are good 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 The Shower Doctor

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