Mira st Shower problem

lisij

Hello,
my Mira shower dosnt work properly, on medium settings i turn dial to the max and the water barely hot, and when i select Hot setting water is too damn hot, now, ive seen some of yous suggest to clean the filter, problem is, i cannot locate it, diagrams of my unit shows it should be there, but in reality its not, ill see if i can attach a picture here

http://imgur.com/Irr36vW
http://imgur.com/A4LLeQG

anyone any ideas? Thank you

Sleeper12

lisij wrote: »

Hello,
my Mira shower dosnt work properly, on medium settings i turn dial to the max and the water barely hot, and when i select Hot setting water is too damn hot, now, ive seen some of yous suggest to clean the filter, problem is, i cannot locate it, diagrams of my unit shows it should be there, but in reality its not, ill see if i can attach a picture here

It is the black plastic nut on the bottom of the inlet pipe. Green earth is attached to the inlet pipe. Black nut is in the bottom left corner.

whizbang

After the inlet filter, clean the spray head. Pump doesn't look too good either...

Be very careful not to disturb the brass fitting, as the plastic clamp holding it into the shower frame can break very easily/

lisij

Sleeper12 wrote: »

lisij wrote: »

Hello,
my Mira shower dosnt work properly, on medium settings i turn dial to the max and the water barely hot, and when i select Hot setting water is too damn hot, now, ive seen some of yous suggest to clean the filter, problem is, i cannot locate it, diagrams of my unit shows it should be there, but in reality its not, ill see if i can attach a picture here

It is the black plastic nut on the bottom of the inlet pipe. Green earth is attached to the inlet pipe. Black nut is in the bottom left corner.

i thought it might be a filter, but i dont think it is, according tomanual filter should be remowed with push and turn movement, the rubber peace i have is some sort of a end piece rubber, i might be wrong though

lisij

whizbang wrote: »

After the inlet filter, clean the spray head. Pump doesn't look too good either.../

yes i am a bit woried about pump, it is a really dusty/smoky looking, there was a plastick paper of some sort there that was covering the pump, and it was all covered with some sort of black ash, i sayd to myself this can be right, but then again, im not a shower noir electrician expert

lisij

now another thing guys, how will i turn of water supply yeah i know, without knowing this i shouldnt even thinking of fixing this i assume the lever/crank is at wheres boiler is, but how would i know which nut to turn? a bit of a plumbing lesson would be handy

Sleeper12

lisij wrote: »

now another thing guys, how will i turn of water supply yeah i know, without knowing this i shouldnt even thinking of fixing this i assume the lever/crank is at wheres boiler is, but how would i know which nut to turn? a bit of a plumbing lesson would be handy

Ok first off you are not reading the manual that came with your shower. You have a mira elite 2. The manual you are reading is a mira elite st. They changed the filter in the mira elite st but it was a disaster. The newest mira elite st showers have gone back to the filter that you have.

Next thing is water shut off. It should be in the attic. Assuming the plumber put one in. If you can't find it you can remove the filter with the water on. The water will only go into the shower anyway. Obviously you make sure that the power is off. You can remove the filter & clean it. An old toothbrush comes in handy for this. They put the filter back on.

The black dust is normal. It is carbon deposit from the carbon brushes. This is normal wear and tear.

Going

lisij wrote: »

now another thing guys, how will i turn of water supply yeah i know, without knowing this i shouldnt even thinking of fixing this i assume the lever/crank is at wheres boiler is, but how would i know which nut to turn? a bit of a plumbing lesson would be handy

If you live in a lime scale area you need to clear the filter but also unblock the shower head using a needle and then soak in lime scale remover or vinegar to unblock it

lisij

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Ok first off you are not reading the manual that came with your shower. You have a mira elite 2. The manual you are reading is a mira elite st. They changed the filter in the mira elite st but it was a disaster. The newest mira elite st showers have gone back to the filter that you have.

Next thing is water shut off. It should be in the attic. Assuming the plumber put one in. If you can't find it you can remove the filter with the water on. The water will only go into the shower anyway. Obviously you make sure that the power is off. You can remove the filter & clean it. An old toothbrush comes in handy for this. They put the filter back on.

The black dust is normal. It is carbon deposit from the carbon brushes. This is normal wear and tear.

so the water will not be bursting mad out no? sorry ive just no knowledge in this sort of things.. will give one more try today to fixing it

lisij

Going wrote: »

If you live in a lime scale area you need to clear the filter but also unblock the shower head using a needle and then soak in lime scale remover or vinegar to unblock it

oh yes im aware of that, will surely clean all the sh..t out of it , thanx

Sleeper12

lisij wrote: »

so the water will not be bursting mad out no? sorry ive just no knowledge in this sort of things.. will give one more try today to fixing it

If you can't find a valve in the attic or hotness the best option is to do it live. If your shower is upstairs then you only have a quarter bar of pressure. (that's not a lot) the filter is pointing down in the photo so the water will go straight down. Shouldn't be a problem. Worst that'll happen is you'll get splashed.

lisij

ok lads, seems everything working now, cleaned the filter, found out how to turn hot water off but not the cold one temperature seems to run according how i set it up, havnt took the shower yet to test it but the motor became noisier, more of a higher tone if you know what i mean, ill see how it goes, maybe it just some sort of thank you motor tryes to sign to me if not ill open it up to see if something stuck in there

Thank you all for you promt and valuable help, youz all helped a lot, much appreciated