Mira Moto Installation & User Manual

Mira Moto Installation & User Manual

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MIRA MOTO, MIRA PACE
,
MIRA MINILITE
, AND MIRA MINIDUO
(
including Eco models)
THERMOSTATIC MIXERS
INSTALLATION & USER GUIDE
These instructions must be left with the user.
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  • Page 1 MIRA MOTO, MIRA PACE † MIRA MINILITE , AND MIRA MINIDUO † † including Eco models) † THERMOSTATIC MIXERS INSTALLATION & USER GUIDE These instructions must be left with the user.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Recommended Usage done so, keep it handy for future reference. Patents and Design Registration Safety Warnings The Mira Moto, Mira Minilite and Mira Minilite Eco are thermostatic mixers with a single control lever Pack Contents for on/off and temperature control.
  • Page 3: Guarantee

    Guarantee SAFETY WARNINGS For domestic installations, Mira Showers Mira thermostatic mixers are precision engineered guarantee the products listed in this guide against and should give continued safe and controlled any defect in materials or workmanship for a performance, provided: period of three years from the date of purchase 1.
  • Page 4: Pack Contents

    1 x Flow Regulator (refer to section: ‘Flow Regulators’) Mira Moto EV 1 x ‘O’ Key Mira Miniduo EV or Mira Miniduo with adjustable elbows Mira Miniduo with Eco Showerhead EV Mira Pace EV Mira Pace with adjustable elbows Mira Pace with Eco Showerhead EV...
  • Page 5: Built-In Thermostatic Mixers

    1 x 2.5 mm Hexagonal Key 1 x Flow Regulator (refer to section: ‘Flow Regulators’) 1 x ‘O’ Key Mira Miniduo BIV or Mira Miniduo with Eco Showerhead BIV or Mira Miniduo with Eco Showerhead BIR Mira Pace BIV 1 x Concealing Plate Assembly...
  • Page 6: Valve Combinations

    For gravity fed or other low pressure systems do not fit the flow regulator. The Mira Minilite Eco has a flow regulator factory fitted in the shower valve outlet or RAC assembly, on older combination boiler systems it may be necessary to replace this 6 L/Min flow regulator with the 8 L/Min flow regulator (supplied), in order to achieve the minimum flow rate required to ignite and run the boiler.
  • Page 7: Specifications

    Flow Rates SPECIFICATIONS Typical Flow Rates. For Type 2 Valves, the supply conditions specified Mira Miniduo with Mira L98B Shower Fittings: in section: ‘Type 2 Valves - Application’ take precedence over the operating parameters which follow. Pressures • Max Static Pressure: 10 Bar.
  • Page 8 Minilite and Minilite Eco BIV Pace, Pace with Eco Showerhead, Miniduo and Miniduo with Eco Showerhead EV 56-76 39-59 Ø46 Ø183 Pace, Miniduo BIV and Miniduo with Eco See Note! below Showerhead BIV / BIR Note! If you are retro-fitting your mixing valve onto existing pipework, an Adjustable Elbow Pack is available if required, refer to section: ‘Accessories’.
  • Page 9: Installation

    3. Isolating valves must be installed close to the INSTALLATION Mixer for ease of maintenance. 4. Pipework must be rigidly supported and avoid Suitable Plumbing Systems any strain on the connections. 5. Pipework dead-legs should be kept to a Gravity Fed: minimum.
  • Page 10: Exposed Thermostatic Mixers

    Exposed Thermostatic Mixers 3. For solid walls drill the holes for the backplate with a 6 mm drill and insert the wall plugs For Built-in Thermostatic Mixers go to section: (supplied). For other types of wall structure ‘Installation, Built-in Thermostatic Mixers’. alternative fixings may be required (not supplied).
  • Page 11 Refit the sealing plug and outlet nipple in the opposite outlets and tighten. Note! Make sure that the ‘O’ seals are correctly fitted. Note! On Mira Minilite Eco models refit the flow regulator. Rotate the mixer 180°. The control knob(s) will have to be realigned, this can be completed in section: ‘Commissioning’.
  • Page 12 9. For Rear Entry Supplies Only: 15. Fit the shower fittings, refer to your shower fittings installation and user guide for Fit the concealing plates over the inlet instructions. pipes. Important! For high pressure systems (above Note! Apply silicone sealant to the back 0.5 bar) make sure that the flow regulator face of the flange.
  • Page 13: Adjustable Elbow Installation

    Adjustable Elbow Installation Adjustable 1. Unscrew the elbow grubscrews on the 11 mm Backplate thermostatic mixer with a 2.5 mm hexagonal key (supplied with the thermostatic mixer), pull off the inlet elbows and discard. 2. Using the ‘O’ key (supplied with the thermostatic mixer) or a 12 mm hexagonal key, unscrew the inlet nipples and discard.
  • Page 14 Built-in Thermostatic Mixers 4. Determine the route for the hot and cold supply pipework and for the outlet pipework. 1. Carefully remove the concealing cap from the When connecting to the BIV shower fittings it control knob. is recommended that the outlet be positioned 2.
  • Page 15 6. Reversed Inlet Supplies Only: 8. Carefully cut away the plasterboard and/or brick work to a depth of between 56 and 76 mm Remove the sealing plug using the ‘O’ key from the finished wall surface. (supplied) or a 12 mm hexagonal key. Important! Take care to stay within the marked Remove the outlet nipple using the ‘O’...
  • Page 16 12. Insert the wall plugs (supplied) and attach the 16. For solid wall installations or stud partition installations without rear access go to mixer to the wall or to the timber noggin with the screws provided. instruction 21. 13. Fit the compression nuts and olives onto the For stud partition installations with access pipework, connect the pipes and tighten the to the rear of the partition continue with...
  • Page 17 21. Loosely attach the RAC backplate to the RAC 28. Finish the wall, e.g. tiles. then remove the two wallplate, using the two backplate screws backplate screws. provided. Important! Make sure that you use the 22. Place the RAC backplate/wallplate assembly cardboard building-in shroud when finishing over the outlet pipe with the arrow pointing the wall.
  • Page 18 Retaining Ring shown correctly engaged with Elbow Olive Screw Backplate Nut Slot Retaining Ring 34. Press the shroud over the elbow, make sure 30.Check that the blue ‘O’ seal is fitted inside the that it engages with the lugs on the backplate. backplate nut.
  • Page 19: Flow Regulators

    Mira Minilite Eco EV be fitted in the shower valve outlet. On Mira Minilite Eco EV models only, a 6 L/Min flow regulator (black) is factory fitted in the shower valve outlet, on older combination boiler systems...
  • Page 20 RAC assembly. Hose Flow Regulator Hose Washer Mira Miniduo with Eco Showerhead BIV A 7.0 L/Min flow regulator (olive green) is supplied separately in the component pack, designed to be fitted between the shower hose and RAC assembly.
  • Page 21 Mira Miniduo with Eco Showerhead EV A 7.0 L/Min flow regulator (olive green) is supplied separately in the component pack, designed to be fitted between the shower hose and shower valve outlet. Mira Pace with Eco Showerhead EV A 7.0 L/Min flow regulator (olive green) is supplied...
  • Page 22 Mira Miniduo with Eco Showerhead BIR A 7.3 L/Min flow regulator (bright green) is supplied with the BIR showerhead, designed to be fitted between the wall plate and inlet nipple. Refer to your shower fittings installation and user guide. Wall Plate...
  • Page 23: Operation

    OPERATION COMMISSIONING Mira Moto, Mira Minilite and Mira Minilite Eco Maximum Temperature Setting thermostatic mixers have a single sequential Before using the shower the maximum temperature control lever for on/off and temperature control. must be checked to make sure that it is at a The control lever operates anti-clockwise in the safe level.
  • Page 24: Type 2 Valves

    Models Designation temperature (¼ turn = approximately 1°C). Moto, Minilite LP-S, HP-S, HP-SE 7. Once the desired maximum blend temperature the economy designation is achieved with the has been achieved turn off the mixer by fitting of the outlet flow regulator.
  • Page 25 temperature takes account of the allowable If there is no significant change to the set outlet temperature tolerances inherent in thermostatic temperature (±2°C or less change from the mixing valves and temperature losses in metal original settings) and the fail-safe shut off is baths.
  • Page 26: Fault Diagnosis

    FAULT DIAGNOSIS USER MAINTENANCE Symptom: • If you require a Mira trained service engineer Only hot or cold water from the mixer outlet. • or agent, refer to section: ‘Customer Outlet temperature too hot / too cold. Services’. Cause Rectification: •...
  • Page 27: Lubricants

    8. Refit or replace the filters and reassemble in 7. Clean each of the filters under a jet of water to reverse order. remove any lodged particles. 8. Refit 9. Restore the water supplies and check for or replace the filters and tighten the filter leaks.
  • Page 28 NOTES...
  • Page 29: Spare Parts

    Outlet Nipple 1663.151 Hub and Bearing Assembly 1663.156 (Minilite) 1663.268 (Minilite Eco) Control Lever Assembly 1663.150 (Moto) Control Lever Assembly Moto, Minilite and Minilite Eco 1663.166 Thermostatic Cartridge Assembly 1663.165 Hub and Retainer Assembly 1663.163 (Miniduo) Control Lever Assembly 1663.159 Seal Pack - components identified ‘A’...
  • Page 30 Built-in Models 1663.187 Backplate Assembly 1663.158 1663.155 Outlet Nipple Filter Pack (x2) C, D 1663.188 Elbow & Filter Pack (x2) 1663.152 Thermostatic Cartridge Assembly 1663.156 (Minilite) 1663.268 (Minilite Eco) Control Lever Assembly 1663.160 Outlet Plug 1663.151 Hub and Bearing Assembly 1663.186 Minilite and Minilite Eco Concealing...
  • Page 31: Accessories

    ACCESSORIES Genuine Mira accessories can be purchased direct from Mira Customer Services (our contact details can be found on the back cover of this guide) or from approved stockists or merchants. Eco Showerhead Everclear Showerhead Wall Mounted Soap Dish White - 2.1668.001 White - 2.1616.030...
  • Page 32: Customer Service

    You have the assurance of a the product. fully trained Mira Technician, genuine Mira spare parts and ● Water or electrical supply, waste and isolation issues. a 12 month guarantee on any chargeable work done.

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