Shower Pressure

jtr2006 · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:17 am Post Subject: Shower Pressure

I have just installed a new shower Its a Triton Altair Thrmostatic bar Mixer with a temp control on one end and a flow control on the other end.

On installing the new shower there has been a dramatic reduction in pressure. The new shower just does not seem to \\\"open up\\\" as the old one did. I can only assume that the new shower some how offers mores resistance to the flow of the water than the old one did?

I was thinking that prehaps a manual shower mixer how be better?

Does anyone have any ideas?

does anyone have any ideas on this?

ChrisR · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:12 pm Post Subject:

Is the mixer fed from tanks? If so perhaps it's designed for higher pressures.

jtr2006 · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:18 pm Post Subject:

Its fed from tanks - but pressure was ok with the old mixer shower?

jtr2006 · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:24 pm Post Subject:

Shower states it will work on pressures as low as 0.1bar

lynxdpa · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:06 pm Post Subject: flow limiters fitted

check to see if there aree flow limiters fitted to the shower, these are sometimes fitted for systems where the hot and cold pressures aree unequal