Saturday, 21 November 2020

Electrical shower - Multimeter testing and then replacing the solenoid valve.

Not a hard job to do just first make sure the power to shower is disconnected and make sure your double check and make sure the equipment is dead and isolated by testing before working on it.


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Electrical shower - Multimeter testing and then replacing the solenoid valve.

So first remove the cover this one had 4 screws one in each corner 

Electrical shower - Multimeter testing and then replacing the solenoid valve.

Electrical shower - Multimeter testing and then replacing the solenoid valve.

I am plugging the leads of multimeter onto the solenoid electrical connections 
it does not matter about which way around 

Electrical shower - Multimeter testing and then replacing the solenoid valve.

The reading is 3.6k Ohms which is a good reading to low and too high and it would not open 
and short circuit would could fuse to trip.


Electrical shower - Multimeter testing and then replacing the solenoid valve.

Undo both Posidrive screws that hold solenoid in place 

Electrical shower - Multimeter testing and then replacing the solenoid valve.

Now pull the solenoid out of flow control housing 
its quite firm and its water tight with an o-ring 


Electrical shower - Multimeter testing and then replacing the solenoid valve.

Electrical shower - Multimeter testing and then replacing the solenoid valve.

Its best to clean this gauze out as well while you are at it 


                                             


                          Here a video of the whole operation 










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