Hey everyone ! so first off im new here and also i dont really know much about plumbing lol so please bare with me
We currently have a mixer shower and a salamander ct50 pump (as the pressure was bad) that we've had running fine for a few years now. Last week my sister stopped the shower (she likes to stop/start it over and over to save water) and after that it wouldnt turn back on, the pump was making this humming noise instead.
A friend of ours came round to have a look at the pump, took it away and realised the starter motor had gone and all the gel leaked out of it, fitted a new starter motor directly from salamander, tested it at his and it worked fine.
Now the problem is that, its been plumbed back in but the pump only starts up if its on the hot side, if we move the mixer tap on the shower to cold the pump stops and theres a little trickle of cold water instead if i have the mixer tap bang in the middle its not to bad but still way to hot, move it a bit more towards the cold and it will shut off the pump.
I know barely anything so the only thing iv done is make sure there was no air lock by shutting off the pump and turning the shower on etc.
Any ideas on what the problem could be? nothing pipe wise has changed(i think) :S
We currently have a mixer shower and a salamander ct50 pump (as the pressure was bad) that we've had running fine for a few years now. Last week my sister stopped the shower (she likes to stop/start it over and over to save water) and after that it wouldnt turn back on, the pump was making this humming noise instead.
A friend of ours came round to have a look at the pump, took it away and realised the starter motor had gone and all the gel leaked out of it, fitted a new starter motor directly from salamander, tested it at his and it worked fine.
Now the problem is that, its been plumbed back in but the pump only starts up if its on the hot side, if we move the mixer tap on the shower to cold the pump stops and theres a little trickle of cold water instead if i have the mixer tap bang in the middle its not to bad but still way to hot, move it a bit more towards the cold and it will shut off the pump.
I know barely anything so the only thing iv done is make sure there was no air lock by shutting off the pump and turning the shower on etc.
Any ideas on what the problem could be? nothing pipe wise has changed(i think) :S