Can I fix this shower myself?

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Mira Sport 10.8k

It tripped the circuit breaker the other day and since then has needed to be turned up higher to get hot enough water. Fiddling with the thermostat switch, turning it up to max doesn't change temp but when you turn it back it warms up. Turn it down to cool (or the setting I used to have it on) and it screeches.

I've also noticed that water is exiting the side/back of the head.

Unscrewed out ring and the rubber washer is procuring at the point of the leak. Googling suggest shower heads from Mira are not easily fixed and just replace. If I replace is it likely to fix the heating issue?

Sounds daft I know, but two issues happened together

Someone....anyone......I'll smell bad if you don't help me fix it

electric showers are quite economically built, and it is usually less trouble to swap it for a new one. The leaking head will not be connected to the tripping. It could be that one of the elements (if it has low/med/high settings then it has two elements) has cracked or burned out. A replacement engine costs about the same as a new shower.

If you email MIRA they might tell you the positions of the inlet pipe and fixing holes, it would be convenient to get one exactly the same size and shape.

You would need to be competent at making non-leaking plumbing connections, and very tight electrical connections (showers run at a heavy load, and any loose connection is liable to burn out, It is best to do them very tight, and re-tighten after about a week, when the soft copper will have squashed a bit). Otherwise a plumber or electrician can do it.

Thank you :)
Exactly the sort of answer I was looking for if not the answer I wanted! New shower it is then

oooh Piglet, thanks for that advice, I might check my new shower

we just replaced one which was a nuisance as the electrics were the opposite side to the old one.

"economically built" is a euphemism.

If you had a really expensive Aqualisa shower, they do sell replacement parts.

Can you recommend a shower that is Mira priced but better?

Sorry I don't.

Plumbers especially sneer at the budget brands sold to DIYers in B&Q and similar.

Thanks again.

I've found that in my heavy water area I replace the electric shower about every 5 years (daily use by 2 adults) - once it's tripped/doing the hot/dribble thing you can sometimes get it running again for a bit, but in general it's easiest just to replace it.

We've got ourselves an on-demand gas boiler now, mains pressure showering , infinite hot water, and we're never, ever going back to electric again (assuming we don't end up somewhere without gas)