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Power shower vs Water Pump shower in new build

  • 24-11-2008 03:27PM
    #1
    Ashfield
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭


    Hi all,
    Im not sure if this is in the right forum or not so forgive me if its wrong,
    Anyway we are building our house at the moment and need to choose our shower this week,
    We want to put an electric shower in our ensuite and then 2 other (not electric) showers in the other ensuite and main bathroom,
    We have in the past been told to install a water pump in the hot press to feed pressure into the 2 showers, which then could be normal chrome built in showers,
    However our plumber said that we should forget the water pump idea and just install 2 power showers he called them,
    When we were in the bathroom shop at the weekend the girl said that if we done this we couldnt use any of the 3 showers at once, as the electricity wouldnt be able for it,
    So then i rang the plumber back and he said he meant not 2 electric power showers, just 2 power showers and we could use them together!
    Im totally new at all this so i was just wondering who is correct here, and what is the best thing to do???
    Sorry for the long drawn out post and apologies if im in the wrong forum
    Thanks anyway


Comments

  • #2
    RKQ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭RKQ


    Power showers are great but 2 on at the same time will use a lot of hot water.
    Power showers are ideal for solar panels - free hot water etc.

    One electric shower is a good ideal.
    It is possible to have two electric showers but both can not be used at the same time.


  • #3
    Dizzyblonde
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    When we built our house we were told we couldn't use 2 power showers (that heat the water also) at the same time. So we put the power shower in the main bathroom and the pump shower in our ensuite, the reason being that you need hot water for the pump shower, and if you have none you can use the power shower in the main bathroom. You don't want guests, etc using your ensuite if there's no hot water for the pump shower. Also if you have teenagers or adult kids, they can shower to their heart's content with the power shower and not run out of hot water.
    It's worked out very well for us, and both can be used at the same time :)


  • #4
    Ashfield
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭Ashfield


    thanks for those replies,

    so im guessing that with 2 power showers, not 2 electric showers, it is possible to use them both together but it would use up a huge amount of hot water and therefore reduce the duration of the hot shower??

    This seems to be a lot cheaper than getting a water pump and then 2 normal showers, but is it a better overall option??

    Thanks


  • #5
    Dizzyblonde
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    When you say power showers I think of the ones that heat the water too (we have a Triton T90) and we were told you can't use two of these at the same time because of the electricity.
    You can definitely use 2 of the ones that pump your own hot water at once though, or one of each type.


  • #6
    Ashfield
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭Ashfield


    Dizzyblonde wrote: »
    When you say power showers I think of the ones that heat the water too (we have a Triton T90) and we were told you can't use two of these at the same time because of the electricity.
    You can definitely use 2 of the ones that pump your own hot water at once though, or one of each type.


    Ya i thought the same when i heard of power showers, ie i thought electric showers,
    Thanks again


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  • #7
    willbur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭willbur


    hi if your house is two story just use gravity hot and cold feed to the shower on the ground floor the pressure will be great, and put in two electric showers up stairs using a 40amp no/nc/ contactor fitted to the fuseboard via 40amp rdc, and switched using 5amp pullcord switches it means you can have a shower anytime without waiting for hot water also if the pump breaks you have two showersout of action i do this as part of my job


  • #8
    Ashfield
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭Ashfield


    willbur wrote: »
    hi if your house is two story just use gravity hot and cold feed to the shower on the ground floor the pressure will be great, and put in two electric showers up stairs using a 40amp no/nc/ contactor fitted to the fuseboard via 40amp rdc, and switched using 5amp pullcord switches it means you can have a shower anytime without waiting for hot water also if the pump breaks you have two showersout of action i do this as part of my job

    The house is two storey alright but all the showers are upstairs
    Im not the best with all that jargon, thanks for the advice


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