Hi all,
Parents shower has stopped working - apparantly the pump now makes a buzzing noise and has a strange burnt electical smell...
It's currently this
Which a reckon is one of these:
So, obvious option of swapping like for like isn't going to work as it appears that pump is EOL ages ago, and also it's 400 quid which is 400 quid they don't really have...
I've not had chance to go look yet, but I'm assuming repair isn't likely to be an option. The pump is a fair few years old (dad thinks at least 8) and while it appears to be a good one, I can see a range of cheap replacement options for more like 120 quid from the usual suspects...
I'm guessing the buzzing points to the pump being siezed? Or is there a simple failure mode that I ought to check out?
Assuming it's dead, any recommendation on cheaper replacements? Ideally somethings that simple to fix in place of that one :-) Setup is gravity fed, cold tank in roof. Hot water cyclinder in bedroom below cold tank with the pump on shelf above the hot tank. Not sure where it's fed from until I get to visit and look, but the pump above is the second they've had, and their shower has always been excellent so I'm assuming there shouldn't be anything exotic needed.
They are in a hardwater area so scale is likely to be a possible issue.
The sort of thing I'm looking at are:
Salamander Pumps CT50+ Xtra
Techflow TP50 (Stewart turner budget line IIRC?)
Or for a bit more cash, the Salamader RSP50
That one is continuous rated which inspires a bit more confidence that it's higher quality
At the other end, is cheap'n'(hopefully)Cheerful toolstation with
from "Watermill" who I'd never heard of, but appears to be Grundfos who I have at least heard of! 110 quid and in stock up the road is appealing...
Any to avoid, or recommendations? :-)
Darren