ELECTRIC SHOWER - low pressure

[brianmcritchie]

Bought a property which has an electric shower. The shower was extremely old, was only 7KW and kept going hot and cold. So, I changed it for a HOMEBASE Opal 9.5Kw electric shower.

However, I now know why it was going hot and cold. The new shower keeps showing up a Low Pressure alarm (LED on the front). So I thought that the previous occupants had mabye plumbed it into the header tank output instead of the direct mains output. I don't think this is the case, because I switched off the stop cock and I instantly have no water supply to the shower. (if it was from the tank I would still have water output until the tank is empty).

Anyway, to cut a long and boring story short.....Would a pump sort my problem out ???, or is there mabye something I'm missing !!!!!!

Thanks !!!

Brian

 

[kevplumb]

you can't put a pump on the mains feed

 

[diymunkee]

We had this problem in the house we moved into. Our shower is separate to the bath. Underneath / to the side of the shower was a tap/valve which we opened up and, hey presto. But this, obviously, depends on whether this was done when your was installed, and whether you can get to that valve thingy

 

[brianmcritchie]

I didn't think you could put a pump on the mains feed. Thanks for re itterating that for me, I wasn't 100% sure.

It must be plumbed into the output from the header tank !!!!! I suppose if I prove this is the case, a pump wouldn't be a problem.

My stop cock is on full and I get loads of pressure both upstairs and down. I can't understand why my electric shower is indicating low pressure.

It's more of an annoyance as I nearly hit the roof when it goes hot then cold then hot...................

Brian

 

[kevplumb]

have you tryed cleaning the shower head

sometimes you can flush any cr*p out by running it on cold max flow with the head off

 

[jtaunton]

Or could there be an input filter that's blocked ??

 

[brianmcritchie]

Yeah,

Shower head and input filter are clear. Tried that.

I think it's got to be connected to my header tank !!!!

I feel a bypass coming on !!

Brian