shower tripping electrics

just tested shower 9.kw stays on for about six minutes then cuts out tripping electrics aswell.
Asked 11 years ago by Anonymous

Thiscould be one of a couple things.

Itmay be your solenoid valve, you can check it if you have a multi meter, youshould have a reading of at least k3.5 ohms, across the two terminals any lessand you need a new valve. (Check the valve in the failed state.) (When it hasstopped working!)

 

Ifthere is power getting to the solenoid and it is not operating then there is agood chance that you have a faulty solenoid.

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

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

 

Ifyou don’t have a multimeter  we sell them with a guide on how to use them for checking and testing the variousparts of your shower.

 

Apartfrom helping to fix your shower, they are really useful for checking you have apower supply to appliances, for checking fuses and letting you know much poweryou have left in batteries

(Soyou will know if they are good or not) and lots of other jobs, in short theyare well worth a few pounds

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

 

Inthe Sport the solenoid is part of the flow valve if this is the fault I would advisechanging the complete flow valve

Theother thing to check is  your MCB thisneeds to be at least a 40amp MCB

Answered 11 years ago by The Shower Doctor

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