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Hot water pump

  • 23-01-2012 12:48pm
    #1
    sparkfireman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 123 ✭✭


    Hi guys...
    In our fire station we have a big copper cylindar with 3 immersions for our showers... The hot and cold feed run into a mixer and then down into the showers via a 1" chrome pipe.

    We have 5 showers that u just push on and they switch off themselves... The ones seen in most dressing rooms etc.

    The pressure is poor. We want to install a pump. Can anyone recommend any? Or price? And the best place to install it, ie before or after the mixing valve...

    The cylindar is on the first floor. Not attic. And the showers are on the ground floor. The gravity feed is poor.

    I'd rather install a pump than 5 electric or power showers as some idiots are recommending.

    I appreciate a quick reply...


Comments

  • #2
    heinbloed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,632 ✭✭✭heinbloed


    No, with the data presented no one can give a recommendation.
    Flow rate demanded? Pressure demanded? Actual refilling rate for the cylinder? Pressure drop ? Pressure resistance of the existing piping/distribution?

    Contact a heating engineer. A site visit is most recommended.


  • #3
    sparkfireman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 123 ✭✭sparkfireman


    heinbloed wrote: »
    No, with the data presented no one can give a recommendation.
    Flow rate demanded? Pressure demanded? Actual refilling rate for the cylinder? Pressure drop ? Pressure resistance of the existing piping/distribution?

    Contact a heating engineer. A site visit is most recommended.

    Whats a heating engineer?


  • #4
    heinbloed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,632 ✭✭✭heinbloed


    Professionals working in the heating industry.
    They can calculate the thermal demand and recommend the thermal suply incl. the distribution method.
    Most "plumbers" work on a luck-and-error base, see your existing problem.
    Check the yellow pages for adresses.


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