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Morning everyone

I have a pump connected to the hot water tank in my basement to serve
the shower in my ground floor flat. This morning the shower stopped
abruptly after about 5 seconds. I turned it off, left it a couple of
minutes, then tried again. This time the water flow lasted about a
second and a half before I heard a "clack" sound in the system/pipes
and the shower stopped. Thinking it could be a hot water issue, I put
the shower on its coldest setting and tried again - but with the same
results. Has anyone any experience in this?

Any ideas/advice etc would be gratefully received.

Many thanks for reading,

Guy
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On 29 Jan, 10:59, wrote:
On 29 Jan, *
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I have a pump connected to the hot water tank in my basement to serve
the shower in my ground floor flat. This morning the shower stopped
abruptly after about 5 seconds. I turned it off, left it a couple of
minutes, then tried again. This time the water flow lasted about a
second and a half before I heard a "clack" sound in the system/pipes
and the shower stopped. Thinking it could be a hot water issue, I put
the shower on its coldest setting and tried again - but with the same
results. Has anyone any experience in this?


Is there a feed of hot and *cold* to the mixer valve? If one is missing they
often shut off the other to prevent scalding (or a cold shower!).

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There is also a flow sensing device on the hot and cold outlets on
mine. Once you open the shower tap, a small unpumped flow is detected
which switches the pump on. You can adjust the sensitivity of these
devices.

I also once had difficulty because there was an air lock in the system.
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This is all very kind - thanks ever so much


On 29 Jan, 16:20, andyv wrote:
On 29 Jan, 10:59, wrote:



On 29 Jan, *
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I have a pump connected to the hot water tank in my basement to serve
the shower in my ground floor flat. This morning the shower stopped
abruptly after about 5 seconds. I turned it off, left it a couple of
minutes, then tried again. This time the water flow lasted about a
second and a half before I heard a "clack" sound in the system/pipes
and the shower stopped. Thinking it could be a hot water issue, I put
the shower on its coldest setting and tried again - but with the same
results. Has anyone any experience in this?


Is there a feed of hot and *cold* to the mixer valve? If one is missing they
often shut off the other to prevent scalding (or a cold shower!).


--
* B Thumbs
* Change lycos to yahoo to reply


There is also a flow sensing device on the hot and cold outlets on
mine. Once you open the shower tap, a small unpumped flow is detected
which switches the pump on. You can adjust the sensitivity of these
devices.

I also once had difficulty because there was an air lock in the system.


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