Hi,

My sister has just 'phoned me saying that her electric shower would not
switch off. By which I mean the water would not stop flowing. Neither
switching the power button on the shower nor pulling the ceiling
mounted switch worked, the only way they could stop it was turning the
water of at the mains, (no stop-cock or isolation on shower supply
pipe). Could anyone please tell me what the problem could be. Thanks.

BORN TO BE MILD wrote:
Hi,

My sister has just 'phoned me saying that her electric shower would not
switch off. By which I mean the water would not stop flowing. Neither
switching the power button on the shower nor pulling the ceiling
mounted switch worked, the only way they could stop it was turning the
water of at the mains, (no stop-cock or isolation on shower supply
pipe). Could anyone please tell me what the problem could be.

It sounds like it's broken.

The message .com
from "BORN TO BE MILD" contains these words:

the only way they could stop it was turning the
water of at the mains,

I'd take the handle off, put in a penny and put the handset back on.
That'd take care of it for the time being - at least you'd be able to
get some water back on.

In fact, it'd be probably better to put the penny in the top end of the
hose, but there's a bigger chance of buggering up the shower by crossing
the threads or straining the fittings.

The solenoid valve in the shower unit has got stuck. They're not hard to
replace, and you should be able to get spares from
http://www.showerdoc.co.uk/index.html

While you're fixing it, fit a service valve!

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Guy King wrote:
The message .com
from "BORN TO BE MILD" contains these words:

the only way they could stop it was turning the
water of at the mains,

I'd take the handle off, put in a penny and put the handset back on.
That'd take care of it for the time being - at least you'd be able to
get some water back on.

In fact, it'd be probably better to put the penny in the top end of the
hose, but there's a bigger chance of buggering up the shower by crossing
the threads or straining the fittings.

The solenoid valve in the shower unit has got stuck. They're not hard to
replace, and you should be able to get spares from
http://www.showerdoc.co.uk/index.html

While you're fixing it, fit a service valve!

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.


Thank you, going over tomorrow to fit service valve(hooray what else
would you do on a sunday). Leaving the rest to a pro.

The message .com
from "BORN TO BE MILD" contains these words:

Thank you, going over tomorrow to fit service valve(hooray what else
would you do on a sunday). Leaving the rest to a pro.

Fiting the spare is probably easier than fitting a service valve.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.