Shower cutting out but still has power?

dickibobboy

Hello all,
Our electric shower has suddenly developed a fault. After around 1 to 2 minutes of usage the water stops flowing suddenly. The power light stays on but no water comes out. If you leave it all on after a few minutes (no set time) it will start up again and work fine.. for another couple of minutes.

I am unsure what it could be, everything looks fine, it runs fine when running, the power light on the unit stays on yet it does this.. any ideas?

The shower is a Triton T70XR

Thanks

bungle4by4

sounds like the heating cylinder inside the shower is full of lime.

bungle4by4

http://www.showerdoc.com/shower-spares/triton/TRITO-PARENT-9-Triton-T70xr

part 1 maybe be tripping out as parts (4 5 or 6 depending on your showers rating) is faulty. or part 1 on its own my be faulty

dickibobboy

I'll have a look inside and see what i can see. Cheers

dickibobboy

Well, I've had a look on that link and to test the solenoid. It seemed to be fluctuating the reading. When I touch the terminals with the multimeter it kicks the shower working again for some seconds and cuts out again, I touch again and it comes back on. Makes me think it is that.

oh and I know I know the electricity should have been off while I was looking and testing

dickibobboy

Just had another look. It is reading as a 'good' solenoid at 3.8k ohms yet it still seems to kick in and work when I shove the test leads onto the terminals and then stops again.

HappyMJ

dickibobboy wrote: »

Well, I've had a look on that link and to test the solenoid. It seemed to be fluctuating the reading. When I touch the terminals with the multimeter it kicks the shower working again for some seconds and cuts out again, I touch again and it comes back on. Makes me think it is that.

oh and I know I know the electricity should have been off while I was looking and testing

As long as you know what you are doing and not standing in the shower with bare feet playing with the electrics you should be OK...

Have you considered just replacing the whole unit?

dickibobboy

Yeah haha, I took precautions to make sure the room didn't get wet anywhere or steamed up while I was 'playing'