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Hot water / Cylinder question

  • 07-03-2018 7:18pm
    #1
    derek214
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 121 ✭✭


    So.... Long story short, house had an electric shower when I moved in and I've been using it everyday for the past 3 years until last week when it broke.
    I have gas central heating  and am toying with the idea of installing a mixer tap on the bath and shower-head and just using the hot water rather than installing another electric shower but what has me hesitant is the fact that I struggle to fill a bath of hot water.
    At first I thought maybe the tank was just small (approx 30inches in height and 18inches in diameter) but reading online it seems this might be a 96.5 litre tank? (chart here) Am I expecting too much from the tank? should that be sufficient? How long of a shower would that get me?
    No issues anywhere else - radiators are all piping hot, water pressure is good etc...
    Thanks in advance for any replies.
    Derek


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  • #2
    Ajsoprano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 698 ✭✭✭Ajsoprano


    When you say fill a bath of hot water are you saying a full bath of hot water?
    Is the cylinder getting hot top to bottom?


  • #3
    derek214
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 121 ✭✭derek214


    Not a full bath at all. I'd be lucky if I got 5 or 6 inches of hot water in a standard bath before the hit tap runs cold.... then I just leave it filling with cold.

    There'd be no topping it up with hot water mid bath anyway..

    Will give the cylinder a feel in the morning.

    Thanks,
    Derek


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