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Power Shower Problem
Hi All,
The pump on my power shower is playing up and I was looking for some advice. What happens is that after about 10-15 minutes use (or two successive showers say) the flow suddenly goes very hot, loses all pressure and then stops altogether. The pump seems to have died but then starts to 'twitch' every five seconds or so, which continues even after the tap has been set back to off. The only way to stop it twitching is to turn it off at the plug. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks! |
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"Fredrick Skoog" wrote in message ... Hi All, The pump on my power shower is playing up and I was looking for some advice. What happens is that after about 10-15 minutes use (or two successive showers say) the flow suddenly goes very hot, loses all pressure and then stops altogether. The pump seems to have died but then starts to 'twitch' every five seconds or so, which continues even after the tap has been set back to off. The only way to stop it twitching is to turn it off at the plug. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks! Water leaking slowly into the motor, or the cold water supplying the pump has dried up. |
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The pump on my power shower is playing up and I was looking for some advice. What happens is that after about 10-15 minutes use (or two successive showers say) the flow suddenly goes very hot, loses all pressure and then stops altogether. The pump seems to have died but then starts to 'twitch' every five seconds or so, which continues even after the tap has been set back to off. The only way to stop it twitching is to turn it off at the plug. I would check the header tank, as it sounds to me as though it is emptying. Mine gives the same symptoms when two showers are taken succesively, may I suggest allowing the tank to refill between showers? Harv |
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"Fredrick Skoog" wrote in message
... "Harv" wrote in message ... The pump on my power shower is playing up and I was looking for some advice. What happens is that after about 10-15 minutes use (or two successive showers say) the flow suddenly goes very hot, loses all pressure and then stops altogether. The pump seems to have died but then starts to 'twitch' every five seconds or so, which continues even after the tap has been set back to off. The only way to stop it twitching is to turn it off at the plug. I would check the header tank, as it sounds to me as though it is emptying. Mine gives the same symptoms when two showers are taken succesively, may I suggest allowing the tank to refill between showers? Harv Cheers Harv, I can see why the pump would suddenly 'die' if the tank was emptying but why would it twitch? Maybe air getting into the system (creating an oscillation driven by the pump compressing a bubble of air)? -- John Stumbles -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -+ |
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I would check the header tank, as it sounds to me as though it is
emptying. Mine gives the same symptoms when two showers are taken succesively, may I suggest allowing the tank to refill between showers? I can see why the pump would suddenly 'die' if the tank was emptying but why would it twitch? It "twitches" because as the incoming water goes into the header tank, and enough goes down into the pump for it to push some through. Harv |
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"Harv" wrote in message ... I would check the header tank, as it sounds to me as though it is emptying. Mine gives the same symptoms when two showers are taken succesively, may I suggest allowing the tank to refill between showers? I can see why the pump would suddenly 'die' if the tank was emptying but why would it twitch? It "twitches" because as the incoming water goes into the header tank, and enough goes down into the pump for it to push some through. Harv Would that happen even after the shower has been switched off, which should turn the pump off as well? |
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