Electrical shower with intermittent low pressure

[Mimfitz]

I have a Mira electrical shower which we inherited with the house 5 years ago. It worked fine until a year ago then the low water pressure light would randomly come on and no water come out. It resolved itself bizarrely but a few weeks ago it started doing it again. Sometimes it will work for a minute or two, then stop working. Other times the low pressure light comes on immediately and it dribbles a few drops of water and nothing else. Please can anyone suggest what might be wrong with it please?

 

[seco services]

Sounds like you have a solenoid coil related problem
Could be just the coil at fault or pcb, would need some tests run on the shower with a multi meter.

What mira is it ? will make fault finding abit easier.

 

[Mimfitz]

Thanks. It's a Mira sport 10fy4396?

 

[mrcabrach]

i have the mira sport sometimes i have same problem which can be fixed by removeing the cover power off first turn off water remove in line strainer & clean job done

 

[Mimfitz]

Thank you for your post. That seems so straight forward! However I can't tell where the in line strainer is...[/img]

 

[mrcabrach]

Thank you for your post. That seems so straight forward! However I can't tell where the in line strainer is...[/img]

Turn off power
Turn off water
Remove cover
Look for hexagon plug head (white or black plastic cant remember)
unscrew anticlockwise
pull out & clean strainer
& don't over tighten when reassembling

 

[Mimfitz]

I can see one thing that is hexagonal but it looks like copper not plastic. It's about a 50p in size. Would that be it?

 

[mrcabrach]

you may have an older or newer shower no harm in trying to slacken it anyway havent had the cover off on mine for a while but think it was a 24 - 27 mm spanner i used