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Shower Pump

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  • 16-03-2019 9:51am
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    xl500
    Registered Users Posts: 864 ✭✭✭


    Looking for some thoughts from people that already have a power shower

    I am redoing Bathroom and installing a Rainhead Shower I am increasing Hot Cylinder Size to 48x18 which is the max I can Fit in the existing Hot Press

    I am fitting Surrey Flange on Cylinder I am torn between a 2 Bar or 3 Bar Pump can anyone give an insight would a 2 Bar be enough for a Large Rain Shower

    Thanks
    Xl500


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    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 16,917 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    xl500 wrote:
    I am fitting Surrey Flange on Cylinder I am torn between a 2 Bar or 3 Bar Pump can anyone give an insight would a 2 Bar be enough for a Large Rain Shower


    Definitely a 3 bar pump. The bigger the head the more pressure /flow required.

    2 bar might be OK for a very small rain head. 6 inch or so but anything bigger I'd go 3 bar.


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    xl500
    Registered Users Posts: 864 ✭✭✭xl500


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    Definitely a 3 bar pump. The bigger the head the more pressure /flow required.

    2 bar might be OK for a very small rain head. 6 inch or so but anything bigger I'd go 3 bar.

    Great Thanks any thoughts on Cylinder capacity


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    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 16,917 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    xl500 wrote:
    Great Thanks any thoughts on Cylinder capacity


    This depends on how long your showers will be and how many showers you might want one after another.

    My cylinder is standard 30 inch. My 3 bar pump can push out 20 odd litres per minute. We get one decent 5 to 10 minute shower out of a full cylinder. This is good & bad. Bad that the next person has to wait an hour for the cylinder to heat up again or use the electric shower. Good because my adult daughter won't get out of the shower till the water runs cold. Bigger cylinder and shed stay longer in the shower.


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    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users Posts: 6,189 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    This depends on how long your showers will be and how many showers you might want one after another.

    My cylinder is standard 30 inch. My 3 bar pump can push out 20 odd litres per minute. We get one decent 5 to 10 minute shower out of a full cylinder. This is good & bad. Bad that the next person has to wait an hour for the cylinder to heat up again or use the electric shower. Good because my adult daughter won't get out of the shower till the water runs cold. Bigger cylinder and shed stay longer in the shower.


    Interesting. You could put a few temperature sensors along the bigger cylinder and have a device sense when it's half empty and trigger a valve to switch over to the cold. The trick is to make the switch over gradual enough to make it less obvious that there is some jiggerypokery going on so I am thinking a manual divert valve with a fine strong servo attached. You could tap a secret code into the device with a few buttons in order to release the remaining 1/2 tank for your own shower.


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    xl500
    Registered Users Posts: 864 ✭✭✭xl500


    Anyone Else fitted Rain shower any ideas on Cylinder capacity etc

    thx


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    wilser
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    With the rain shower head make sure you get a negative head pump as usually the head height from the tank to the rain head isn't sufficient enough to start the pump.


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