Originally Posted By: Phil.
I'm hoping I don't need a new shower unit here so any ideas or how to fix the following problem would be appreciated.

Get an electrician (or plumber?) in to check it out.

In the meanwhile, you can try (workaround) turning down the temperature dial (if it has one) in increments of 20% or so, and see if that helps. It did at several of the B&Bs we've stayed at over there.

Theory being, that the water was too cold for the size of heater/circuit to keep up with, and the heater actually, well, overheats, and then shuts itself off for safety reasons.

A slightly lower output temperature can allow things to muddle by until the root cause is fixed.

Cheers