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Electric shower not working after changing from electric immersion heater to combi

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.04 PM

I used to have a boiler which heated the radiators and an electric immersion heater that heated the water in the taps. In addition I had an electric Mira Sport shower which was in the en-suite bathroom. The bills for the electric immersion heater was very high so I recently removed the immersion heater and boiler and replaced it with a combi boiler. The electric shower (mira sport) immediately stopped working. The power light is on but the low flow warning light is lit when I try to switch the shower on. There appears to be flow into the shower but no flow out. Can anybody advise?

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6 Answers

PDW Fitting

Rating: 5 out of 5
Kidderminster
Hi there, an electric shower like yours requires a mains cold feed supply, as the shower heats the water itself. it sounds like yours ran off the water tank system and since you've took it out the water supply has been cut off. get the plumber who took it all out to check if cold supply is sufficient to shower. Hope this helpful.
Answered11 May 2014
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sk plumbing maintenance

Rating: 5 out of 5
Holmfirth
Hi when changing systems you disturb pipes when taking the old cylinder especially when putting water back on may of pushed fragments to the shower which is slowing stoping water slow there will be a filter where the inlet joins the show thankyou Shaun
Answered8 June 2015
0

Pinnacle Electrics Limited

Rating: 5 out of 5
Wimborne
Hi, an electric shower like yours requires a mains cold feed supply, as the shower heats the water itself. it sounds like yours ran off the water tank system and since you've took it out the water supply has been cut off. get the plumber who took it all out to check if cold supply is sufficient to shower. However it could be a faulty low level sensor within the mira sport unit. Hope this Helps
Answered11 January 2017
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ACAV Electrical Service

Rating: 5 out of 5
Derby
Hi there it look like the supply of the electric shower is been cut off when changing your boiler to combi get the plumber to check the supply of the electric shower.
Answered26 January 2017
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Anonymous user

Hi there, An electrical shower works from a cold feed and using the electrical supply as a pump which fired the water out and heats when required. What may have happened is the cold water feed isn't sufficient for the shower so ask the advice of a plumber to weather the water feed is sufficient/correct.
Answered26 June 2017
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Anonymous user

hi either the plumber has bypassed the cold main feed to the shower and connected it to tank fed feed or due to removing the tank and alteration of pipework has dislodged debris or scale which is blocking the filter or shower internally
Answered7 February 2020
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