Hi All,
(The following is outside the uk were water pressure, even water is not guaranteed at all times. UK bylaws are welcome but please say why they exist)
I’m having trouble getting consistent hot water from your typical electric shower.
The mains water is 1.5bar at best and the flow rate is (have to check, but I recall it was above the minimum printed on the shower).
Most of the time the shower/s activate (red light comes on and water heats) – but sometimes the light will not come on unless you start to fiddle with the settings and coax it into coming on. It’s very annoying.
I feel a shower with a built in pump might be the solution – however I have just cancelled an order for a Triton T150Z as it specifically says not to connect to connect it directly to the mains cold supply under any circumstance. Gravity feed only. I would like to know why?
There is actually a 900liter tank on the house – sadly the way it has been plumbed stops me from easily using it as per the instructions of the Triton T150Z. The tank is plumb so its output is actually fighting the mains water and pushing in the opposite direction (it can’t ever win as there is a oneway valve just after outside stopcock. So when mains pressure is high, taps etc get water from the mains. When the main cuts/low pressure the tank will push back the other way and water from the tank will reach the taps.
If the reason you are not allowed to use the mains to feed the shower is because the pressure might be too high and damage the shower – what if I used it in conjunction with a prv. (can low pressures get past a prv?) Or am I way off?
Maximum head stated is 10m (I looked that up and it said about 1bar).
Min head stated as 0.08m
Thanks
(The following is outside the uk were water pressure, even water is not guaranteed at all times. UK bylaws are welcome but please say why they exist)
I’m having trouble getting consistent hot water from your typical electric shower.
The mains water is 1.5bar at best and the flow rate is (have to check, but I recall it was above the minimum printed on the shower).
Most of the time the shower/s activate (red light comes on and water heats) – but sometimes the light will not come on unless you start to fiddle with the settings and coax it into coming on. It’s very annoying.
I feel a shower with a built in pump might be the solution – however I have just cancelled an order for a Triton T150Z as it specifically says not to connect to connect it directly to the mains cold supply under any circumstance. Gravity feed only. I would like to know why?
There is actually a 900liter tank on the house – sadly the way it has been plumbed stops me from easily using it as per the instructions of the Triton T150Z. The tank is plumb so its output is actually fighting the mains water and pushing in the opposite direction (it can’t ever win as there is a oneway valve just after outside stopcock. So when mains pressure is high, taps etc get water from the mains. When the main cuts/low pressure the tank will push back the other way and water from the tank will reach the taps.
If the reason you are not allowed to use the mains to feed the shower is because the pressure might be too high and damage the shower – what if I used it in conjunction with a prv. (can low pressures get past a prv?) Or am I way off?
Maximum head stated is 10m (I looked that up and it said about 1bar).
Min head stated as 0.08m
Thanks