Gravity fed electric shower

nowtaboutnowt · 4 Aug 2006

Can anyone tell me if I can feed my electric shower from a header tank stored in the loft. This is to guarantee a consistent water pressure to the shower as the pressure in the area is very poor

holty · 4 Aug 2006

i have seen this done before but it depends on the minimum flow rate and pressure as situated in the manufacturers specifications e.g 1 meter from your header tank to your shower head is equall to about 0.1 bar so if your tank is 5 meters high without any pipe restrictions it would be 0.5 bar so check the manual and read the specs

Fluffster · 4 Aug 2006

If your head of pressure is not enough you can install a single impeller pump to feed the shower.
Pete

chrishutt · 4 Aug 2006

It's not so simple. This question has been asked and answered very recently so look down the topic index.

Spark123 · 4 Aug 2006

As an idea, could he fit one of these fed from a header tank?
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Showers_Index/Showers/Triton_T80_Pumped/index.html
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Showers_Index/Showers/Triton_Pumped_Shower/index.html

chrishutt · 4 Aug 2006

Yes, sure. Mira make a pumped one too. but he's talking about using his existing shower, which isn't likely to work.

Spark123 · 4 Aug 2006

Yes, I agree. It would be a waste of money, better put towards a replacement unit imho. What do you make of the Mira? I was going to get one but couldn't get any sense out of plumbcentre, so got the 8.5kW from TLC instead.

chrishutt · 4 Aug 2006

Never installed or even seen a pumped one, but in general I would say that Mira are better quality.

nowtaboutnowt · 7 Aug 2006

Thanks guys I think it is going to be a pumped shower from its own header tank.

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Gravity fed electric shower

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