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Electric shower on pumped system

  • 10-05-2017 8:04am
    #1
    wilser
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    Hi,
    Am second fixing a house atm, pumped/pressurised plumbing.
    The electrician is after talking the householder into fitting an electric shower in one of the bathrooms, (in case of cylinder/boiler not working). It wasn't called for 2 years ago when the house was first fixed, but there is a mains water and a pumped cold water near where the electric shower is going. Has anyone fitted a Triton t80 on a pressurised system or would it be better to fit it off the mains water? Mains pressure is just ok on site, so that's why I was thinking of taking the feed to the shower from the pump.
    Thanks


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  • #2
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Mains pressure isn't reliable enough in most of Ireland for electric showers imo.
    Fit it to the pressurised system with a pressure reduction valve if needed. It will work better on this system rather than mains. Most T80 showers fitted in apartments are not on mains


  • #3
    wilser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭wilser


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    Mains pressure isn't reliable enough in most of Ireland for electric showers imo.
    Fit it to the pressurised system with a pressure reduction valve if needed. It will work better on this system rather than mains. Most T80 showers fitted in apartments are not on mains

    Thanks for replying,yeah the mains is alright,not great. Just never fitted an electric shower on a pumped system so was a bit apprehensive tbh.


  • #4
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    wilser wrote:
    Thanks for replying,yeah the mains is alright,not great. Just never fitted an electric shower on a pumped system so was a bit apprehensive tbh.


    I think the maximum pressure for the t80z is 3 bar (it'll be in the manual) if it's a 4 bar pump use a pressure reduction valve & set it below the recommended max. Once this is done you've effectively turned it into a T90 or at least it'll preform like a T90. I've done dozens like this and triton are happy with this set up so long as the pressure isn't too high. :)


  • #5
    antoinolachtnai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,815 ✭✭✭antoinolachtnai


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    I think the maximum pressure for the t80z is 3 bar (it'll be in the manual) if it's a 4 bar pump use a pressure reduction valve & set it below the recommended max. Once this is done you've effectively turned it into a T90 or at least it'll preform like a T90. I've done dozens like this and triton are happy with this set up so long as the pressure isn't too high. :)

    What if the pump stops working?! This seems the most likely thing to fail to me. If we are all planning for doomsday scenarios then a spare pump sounds like the thing to have,t an electric shower.

    The whole general plan seems sort of daft. I thought gas water heating was generally supposed to be backed up by an immersion. Still if it makes them happy ...


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