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Shower Pump only working on Cold Water

  • 14-03-2010 04:52PM
    #1
    AntoinBreathnac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭


    My house as 2 showers (one upstairs and one downstairs) and a Bath and sink mixertap all connected to a Salamander pump. This system has worked correctly for last 2 years.

    Today the pump will not switch on when I turn on the hot water valve on the mixer. I can get the pump operating and pumping on the cold water but as soon as I tun on the hot the pump stops working and no water comes out. This happens on all the taps that I try.

    Any suggestions as to what could be causing this?


Comments

  • #2
    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,511 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    AntoinBreathnac wrote: »
    My house as 2 showers (one upstairs and one downstairs) and a Bath and sink mixertap all connected to a Salamander pump. This system has worked correctly for last 2 years.

    Today the pump will not switch on when I turn on the hot water valve on the mixer. I can get the pump operating and pumping on the cold water but as soon as I tun on the hot the pump stops working and no water comes out. This happens on all the taps that I try.

    Any suggestions as to what could be causing this?
    Those pumps have filter washers on them maybe one is blocked on the hot side , its an odd problem even if the pump isnt working a little hot water should get out , if your handy at it yourself check these washers they are where the flexies connect to the pump you may have to turn off valves etc before you can remove them


  • #3
    AntoinBreathnac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭AntoinBreathnac


    Thanks for your suggestion which proved correct. I got a guy from the pump suppliers out and he found the filter on the hot water fed blocked. Once he rinsed this out everything worked perfectly!

    Thnaks!
    :)


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