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Mira Elite 2 Electric Shower - Water pressure question

  • 21-02-2014 10:28am
    #1
    Bruno Batista
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭


    Hi there

    Just moved to a new apartment equipped with a Mira 2 Electric Shower.

    The water flow is quite low when it's set to hot water.
    The flow for the cold water is fine, quite powerful.

    I noticed that the showerhead is not the one that would have originally been attached to the unit, would that make a difference?


Comments

  • #2
    sky6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,444 ✭✭✭sky6


    It could be anything really but a few things to try. Take the hose off at the unit and see if it's any better. If not, you will need to kill the power at the Fuse board to the Shower. Take the cover off and you will find a filter on the flow pipe into the shower. Clean the filter and put it all back together and try. If your water is hard it could be full of limescale. Take the Shower head off at the end of the Hose see if it's flowing ok through the hose. soak the shower head in Vinegar and refit. It's basically a process of elimination.


  • #3
    Bruno Batista
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭Bruno Batista


    sky6 wrote: »
    It could be anything really but a few things to try. Take the hose off at the unit and see if it's any better. If not, you will need to kill the power at the Fuse board to the Shower. Take the cover off and you will find a filter on the flow pipe into the shower. Clean the filter and put it all back together and try. If your water is hard it could be full of limescale. Take the Shower head off at the end of the Hose see if it's flowing ok through the hose. soak the shower head in Vinegar and refit. It's basically a process of elimination.

    Cheers, will try that!

    Does it make any difference that the cold water comes out at full power?


  • #4
    islander222
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭islander222


    We had similar issue - found that the water in our area is quite hard. Taking off the shower head and cleaning it helped alot (soaking in vinegar or some other descaling solution) - we actually have to do this about 2\3 times a year.


  • #5
    sky6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,444 ✭✭✭sky6


    Scale is the most likely cause. The fact that you have good cold pressure is a good sign that the problem is most like Scale.
    The other problem I've come across is the Rubber Hose inside the
    flexy Shower Hose perished. It might be worth just replacing it as there only a couple of Euro in the Euro Stores for a new one.


  • #6
    LIFFY FISHING
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,791 ✭✭✭LIFFY FISHING


    The shower hose and head are very important parts of an instant shower, and NEED to be of the origionally specified design, so you should replace them with origional parts as they regulate the flow, you have a clasdic case of allowing to much water through the head not allowing the required restriction for the instant shower to perform, you require a Mira RF1A shower head for the Mira Elite2 to function correctly :)


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