low water pressure to electric shower.

[plasterer69]

hi all, i have just fitted a 'mira go' electric shower. The water flows but remains cold even on a hot setting. My water supply is from a spring and is low pressure. The shower is connected to the main supply.
How can i improve the flow to the shower? 'help!!!'

 

[muggles]

Unfortunately you've fitted the wrong shower, your best option will be to remove it and stick it on eBay. The Mira Go needs a mains-pressure supply to operate, if your supply is low-pressure it's unsuitable and won't work. You need an electric shower that's designed to work on a low-pressure system, this would normally be a pumped shower such as the Triton T90XR. You could of course add a pump to the shower you have, provided the manufacturers permit the fitting of a pump to their shower.

 

[plasterer69]

' You could of course add a pump to the shower you have, provided the manufacturers permit the fitting of a pump to their shower.[/quote]
thx , how would i fit a pump to the shower

 

[muggles]

Isolate the supply to the shower, cut a section out, fit the pump in-line, turn supply back on again. You will of course need to do some electrics as well. If it's fed directly from the spring rather than via a loft tank you'll also need to fit a loft tank.

 

[plasterer69]

Isolate the supply to the shower, cut a section out, fit the pump in-line, turn supply back on again. You will of course need to do some electrics as well. If it's fed directly from the spring rather than via a loft tank you'll also need to fit a loft tank.

Ok thanks, it is fed directly from the spring. I'm guessing that i could route the supply pipe for the shower to the loft into a tank then back down via a pump and into the shower? Also what pump would you recommend? thx again.