Electric Shower - weird one

[RazzleD]

Hi,
I have a Mira Sport electric shower that feeds directly off the mains cold water. When the shower is switched on, a small dribble of water comes out, or none at all. If I flush the toilet however, and then turn the shower on, it comes on about 60% of fulll pressure, and then when the toilet cistern finished filling, it comes on 100% of normal pressure - although sometimes after 5 minutes it stops again. The 'low pressure' light never comes on during any of this.

 

[RazzleD]

Obviously not something simple then...

 

[Paul Barker]

Not a clue.

 

[chrishutt]

Obviously not something simple then...

How many responses did you expect between 1.30 am and 7.00 am on a Sunday morning? Even the night shift get a night off!

Could it be that your static pressure is very high? Combined with a failing diaphragm in the shower it might conceivably produce an effect like that.

 

[RazzleD]

12midday GMT Saturday to 6:30am GMT Sunday - but I get your point.

Thanks - since the static pressure hasn't changed since the shower was working, then the diaphragm it must be...

Thanks again

 

[chrishutt]

Sorry, I misread your posting time. Still Saturday afternoons and nights are understandably quiet too.

Don't take the diaphragm suggestion as gospel. I'm not even sure if there is one - possibly something like that in the solenoid valve. Try Mira technical - they might be familiar with the symptoms.