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double cold water tank

  • 22-03-2011 08:37PM
    #1
    mail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭


    I am doing some work on the plumbing system and I was wondering if I had three showers would I need a seperate cold water tank for the showers. One will be t 90 and others. will be power showers. I was reading that power showers use a lot of water. I will be putting in a 250 litre hot water cylinder. Will the system be able to cope if two showers were being used at the same time?


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  • #2
    jeepers101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭jeepers101


    If your mains pressure is good enough to fill the tank as fast as you're using the water then I see no cause for concern.


  • #3
    Carlow52
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭Carlow52


    A power shower can use 25 litres a minute, depending on the make etc so I think the HW will run out first.


  • #4
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    mail wrote: »
    I am doing some work on the plumbing system and I was wondering if I had three showers would I need a seperate cold water tank for the showers. One will be t 90 and others. will be power showers. I was reading that power showers use a lot of water. I will be putting in a 250 litre hot water cylinder. Will the system be able to cope if two showers were being used at the same time?

    60 Gallons = 270 ltrs however its usually a 3/1 ratio of cold to hot so thats 20 gallons of hot or 90 ltrs


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