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Shower pump not working
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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Shower pump not working
On 29 Jan, 10:59, wrote:
On 29 Jan, * * * wrote: 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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Shower pump not working
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, * * * wrote: 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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