I have an electric shower in my bathroom, and the past few days it has
made a "whooshing" noise every few hours as if it's being turned on, and
a small amount of water comes out. This lasts about 20 seconds at a
time, then it stops. It otherwise works fine.

If I switch the shower off at the mains, it doesn't do it, so could I be
looking at a dodgy switch or similar making it switch itself on for a
short time?

Alex

"Alex Meaden" wrote in message
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I have an electric shower in my bathroom, and the past few days it has made
a "whooshing" noise every few hours as if it's being turned on, and a small
amount of water comes out. This lasts about 20 seconds at a time, then it
stops. It otherwise works fine.

If I switch the shower off at the mains, it doesn't do it, so could I be
looking at a dodgy switch or similar making it switch itself on for a
short time?

Alex

Sounds very dodgy. Perhaps the pressure switch is welded together and the
thermal cut-out is allowing it to heat (and expand the residual water) every
time it cools down.

I would be very concerned.


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John

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 21:07:41 +0000, john wrote:


"Alex Meaden" wrote in message
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I have an electric shower in my bathroom, and the past few days it has made
a "whooshing" noise every few hours as if it's being turned on, and a small
amount of water comes out. This lasts about 20 seconds at a time, then it
stops. It otherwise works fine.

If I switch the shower off at the mains, it doesn't do it, so could I be
looking at a dodgy switch or similar making it switch itself on for a
short time?

Alex

Sounds very dodgy. Perhaps the pressure switch is welded together and the
thermal cut-out is allowing it to heat (and expand the residual water) every
time it cools down.

I read the original post as referring to a power-shower (i.e. electrically
pumped) type rather than electrically-heated. Which is it?

If it's electrically pumped then does it happen when a tap (probably a hot
one) somewhere else in the house is shut off? If so it could be
that the shower's flow valve is leaking slightly and letting water by when
there's a surge of pressure in the pipework, triggering the motor.

John Stumbles wrote:
I read the original post as referring to a power-shower (i.e. electrically
pumped) type rather than electrically-heated. Which is it?

If it's electrically pumped then does it happen when a tap (probably a hot
one) somewhere else in the house is shut off? If so it could be
that the shower's flow valve is leaking slightly and letting water by when
there's a surge of pressure in the pipework, triggering the motor.

It's electrically heated rather than pumped (at least I think it is!)
This is the model:
http://www.showerdoc.co.uk/shower-sp...ugh/page2.html

Alex