Power Shower not working

Essex_Jim

Hi Folks,

I have a power shower pumped by a Showerforce easiboost pump. Over the last week it has stopped working. To begin with it would pump for about 30 seconds before stopping. Now it will not pump at all. I have checked for air locks and there does not appear to be any.

The pump is about nine years old.

southcoastrgi

it could be the flow switch or the pump might just be worn out, at 9 yrs old it's prob not worth repairing

keystone

or it could just be a loose electrical connection caused by 9 years of vibration.

Cheers

Essex_Jim

Thanks for the replies folks.

I think power is OK. I know 240v is getting to the little circuit board.

Is the flow switch something built in to the pump?

Gelly123

9 years is pretty good going for a shower pump. We had to replace ours late last year - it was 10 years old. Thankfully, we managed to replace it with an identical one by the same manufacturer that was half price at Screwfix and our plumber only charged £60 to fit it - it took him 20 mins.

In fact, our plumber said that I had got it cheaper than he could get it from his plumbing merchants so definitely worth shopping around.

Fingers crossed it's something simple but at 9 years old - do be prepared to consider having to replace it.

Good luck
Gelly

keystone

Essex_Jim wrote: »

Is the flow switch something built in to the pump?

Yes - water flows freely through the pump when you open the valve and the flow switches (one for hot and one for cold if you are pumping both) detect that and tell the pump itself to start. As you seem to have had it apart to check for volts at appropriate locations have you checked the condition of the motor brushes? They could well be knackered.

Having said that we could go on trying to track this one down and a replacement pump should be climbing its way up your agenda by now.

Cheers

Barneysmom

There's not really much to a pump, aare you able to turn the water off and take it out of the circuit for a bit and check a few things?
Take the end covers off and see if the diaphrams are clean and not sticking, if they're ok then it's probably the bearings slipping on the shaft so needs new bearings. Not so easy to change the bearings if you've never done it before though.
I should imagine as well the little reed valves are probably flat by now too.

peachyprice

Or it could be that the filters at the inlets are furred with limescale. If they are blocked there won't be enough flow to activate the pump. We have to descale ours regularly.

alanfp

Gelly123 wrote: »

our plumber only charged £60 to fit it - it took him 20 mins.

£180/hr - I'm in the wrong game yes, I know he had to drive to your house and back, but that's still not a bad rate (especially IF he didn't pay tax on it)

southcoastrgi

alanfp wrote: »

£180/hr - I'm in the wrong game yes, I know he had to drive to your house and back, but that's still not a bad rate (especially IF he didn't pay tax on it)

Yet another person who has no idea how a business works & tbh I can't be bothered to explain it yet again

kingdavid2012

Check out every circuit connection.There might be some loose parts.

If you can't find ,take it to the repairman for professional repair.