I have a combination heating cylinder with a disconnected eco 7 option, and the "normal" elec running the other immersion.
I thought when i first purchased the flat several years ago that there was a New Team power shower installed, as i remember pressure being high, and there were selections on the unit which affected pressure, though i suppose his could have been a high kw electric unit, with selectors affecting how much water was heated and therefore how quick throughput was.
I rented the flat out and a pluber was called to replace the faulty New Team unit. He told me the cabling was insufficient to cover more than an 8.5kw shower. I have recently got back the flat from rental and the replacement shower has minimal pressure. It has a single feed from the mains cold water, but i was surprised to find that there is a twin and earth cable, which appears to be relatively substantial - white cable enclosing brown and blue cable, and a yellow and green earth cable (though this could have been sheathed). Each of these three cables is made up of 3 cables of approx 1mm diameter.
I don't know how to get more pressure. I don't have a separate cold tank, and can't install one, suggesting the original shower was not power unless it used the small cold water tank of the combination cylinder, and i have no room for a pump, so although i do not need water to be heated, i think i am stuck with an electric shower. My hot water pressure is very low, however my cold water pressure is very high - i am considering buying a high kw electric to see if i can up the flow, but i'm not sure if the cable is big enough from what the plumber fitting the replacement said, and not sure if this will fix the pressure problem. i now wonder if original shower was perhaps a 10.8kw or something...
The double pole is in the room backing onto the shower, which is incidently next to my RCD. I imagine from shower unit to pole switch is max 2m, if not 1m.
Any advice?
I thought when i first purchased the flat several years ago that there was a New Team power shower installed, as i remember pressure being high, and there were selections on the unit which affected pressure, though i suppose his could have been a high kw electric unit, with selectors affecting how much water was heated and therefore how quick throughput was.
I rented the flat out and a pluber was called to replace the faulty New Team unit. He told me the cabling was insufficient to cover more than an 8.5kw shower. I have recently got back the flat from rental and the replacement shower has minimal pressure. It has a single feed from the mains cold water, but i was surprised to find that there is a twin and earth cable, which appears to be relatively substantial - white cable enclosing brown and blue cable, and a yellow and green earth cable (though this could have been sheathed). Each of these three cables is made up of 3 cables of approx 1mm diameter.
I don't know how to get more pressure. I don't have a separate cold tank, and can't install one, suggesting the original shower was not power unless it used the small cold water tank of the combination cylinder, and i have no room for a pump, so although i do not need water to be heated, i think i am stuck with an electric shower. My hot water pressure is very low, however my cold water pressure is very high - i am considering buying a high kw electric to see if i can up the flow, but i'm not sure if the cable is big enough from what the plumber fitting the replacement said, and not sure if this will fix the pressure problem. i now wonder if original shower was perhaps a 10.8kw or something...
The double pole is in the room backing onto the shower, which is incidently next to my RCD. I imagine from shower unit to pole switch is max 2m, if not 1m.
Any advice?