RE: RE: [OT] Shower Pumps

["Rob Mouser" <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>A decent shower is 15-30l/m IIRC. Of course your boiler can be
topping up
>>the cylinder as it runs, but that won't last forever (unless you
can pull
>>the reactor control rods all the way out ;-)

Thanks Jim, I'm beginning to think a decent electric shower may be a better
option! And as we only have oil it will probably be no more expensive!

The mains pressure here is huge, we have a reducing valve fitted because it
was initially blowing the joints apart!

Many thanks,

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Noble [mailto:yahoo-groups@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 April 2005 20:25
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] RE: [OT] Shower Pumps
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> Rob Mouser wrote:
>
> > The salesman tells me the only place I can put this is in the
airing
> > cupboard? But surely this would then make more sense to have a
whole
> house
> > pump that would aid any future upgrades in the other bathroom
etc?
>
>
> If it's going in next to the cylinder, you could investigate
connecting
> a plate heat exchanger to the cylinder, and feeding mains hot water
> through it heatbank stylee. Check your mains pressure and flow rate as
> well though to make sure you're not wasting your time there...
>
> > I am also interested to know how people find powered showers?
Another
> shop
> > has told us that we will only get 10-15 mins of hot showering
from our
> > 130ltr hot water cylinder?
>
>
> A decent shower is 15-30l/m IIRC. Of course your boiler can be topping
> up the cylinder as it runs, but that won't last forever (unless you
can
> pull the reactor control rods all the way out ;-)
>
> > Would really appreciate any input, experience or links to help
and info
> as
> > I'm not finding the 'average' salesman too helpful and my plumber
(Who
> > is a
> > good workman.) appears to have taken the accountant's oath
"I can't
> > give you
> > advice, just point out the options, you choose and I take no
> > responsibility!" Argh!
>
>
> We have a 1 or 1.5 bar shower pump, and whilst better than gravity
fed,
> it's far from what I'd call "good".
>
> Jim
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