Power Shower on a Boat?

[fuel__2001]

I have a gravity fed power shower at home and would like a power shower installed on a boat. The water tank is underneath the bathroom and the water is already pumped around the boat.

Is there anyway a power shower can be installed? Even though the water supply is not gravity fed?

If this is not possible is there a good electric alternative that doesn't consume too many kw?

Many Thanks

 

[oilman]

What size boat do youu have?

Power showers can use more water than a bath!!

There's no problem with providing the shower, just feeding it enough water.

If it's just a modest flow rate you want, the boat fittings suppliers will have suitable equipment.

 

[fuel__2001]

Its a 57 foot wide beam barge and the its being partly fitted out for us. Therefore we have to fit the kitchen and bathroom including a cassette loo too!

 

[AdamW]

57 foot... WIDE? That is one huge boat! Is it going to be permanently moored or are you planning to sail it?

 

[fuel__2001]

No 57 foot long and 10 foot wide! Sorry for the confusion. It'll be on residential moorings but yes we will be able to take it up the canals.

 

[fuel__2001]

Its a Wide Beam Barge/Canal boat

 

[Slogger]

or as they said in my boat yard you can only have up to 35 ft long now no one said anything about the beem errr so mine is 20 long and 45 ft beem depending on how u look at it

 

[IanDB]

Caravans and motorhomes have showers. These are pumped from standard electrical pumps and use either 240v immersion heater or gas to heat the water. What sort of system do you have on your barge? I wouldn't have thought it was too much of a problem, in fact I'd have thought that you could run it off your existing installation if you already have hot water to your taps.

 

[david and julie]

This is a good boating forum which may help you with your project.

www.canalworld.net