MIra shower not getting very hot

mel.b

I have a mira shower and have had the problem of scolding hot water when the filter is blocked. However i seem to have almost the opposite problem now. The shower is turned up as hot as it can go and it is barely above lukewarm:(. Is this also a filter problem or something else?

Thanks,
Mel.b

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i have an electric shower and have always presumed thats is colder in the winter cos the water coming in to it is so cold - its only really noticeable when the temperature outside is in the minus figures

ntpm

mel.b wrote: »

I have a mira shower and have had the problem of scolding hot water when the filter is blocked. However i seem to have almost the opposite problem now. The shower is turned up as hot as it can go and it is barely above lukewarm:(. Is this also a filter problem or something else?

Thanks,
Mel.b

Mains and tank fed showers during the winter will have water as low as 2-5C... Practically freezing in some areas:eek:.
The heaters will struggle to heat the water.

mel.b

Thnaks for the replies. I understand that the recent cold weather will not be helping things. However the hot water in the kitchen & bathroom sinks are still quite hot...certainly hotter than my shower. Also, the problem is not recent...in late Oct i had the shower up almost to the very end. I then went away for a month and have been back now for a 10 days and have needed it to the very hottest setting ever sine i returned.

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But the water from the taps is heated by the boiler, the water in the shower is coming directly from outside and heated by the pump in the shower and it's not able to get the water hot enough. Might help to leave shower to run for a while.

Sparkpea

how old of a shower is it and what model?

ntpm

ntpm wrote: »

Mains and tank fed showers during the winter will have water as low as 2-5C... Practically freezing in some areas:eek:.
The heaters will struggle to heat the water.

I assumed you had an electric shower.
(Which heats cold water using a large heater element).

Do you have a mixer shower/ thermostatic shower that use the hot water from your cylinder???

mel.b

Sorry, yes it is an electric shower. I realise now that the sink temp etc are irrelevent b/c asmentioned that omes from the storage system. It's a mira elite i think, around 4 yrs old.

Iorras55

I have a Mira Elite too and experience of another one in someone else's house. It seems that no two are alike. Mine screeches like a wailing banshee while its working and I have no idea why? Have got a plumber to check and he could find nothing wrong. If you plug your ears, the shower is ok. The other one I know about is completely silent in operation but the flow is the problem. It won't flow strongly no matter what you do to it and you have to put up with mediocre flow all the time - temperature also a bit low and its owner is afraid to touch it because if you interfere with it, the temperature comes out too hot then. Contrary things these Mira Elites!

Sparkpea

mel.b wrote: »

Sorry, yes it is an electric shower. I realise now that the sink temp etc are irrelevent b/c asmentioned that omes from the storage system. It's a mira elite i think, around 4 yrs old.

sounds like your heating element may be packing in or the thermostat is faulty, regardless of what temp the weather etc. is outside and the water lying in ur tank will be cooler in the winter yeah.. but at setting 7 or 8 ur shower should be roasting. shouldnt be a flow problem as its a pumped electric shower from the tank hopefully. you can get spares for these showers but it may be a better idea to get a new 1 if u were. best bet is actually to phone mira tech support and brainstorm with them they are usually very helpful.

brianwalshcork

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the shower might be approaching the end of it'slife - mine lasted 5 years, two of the neighbors lasted less than 4.