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Low water pressure to electric shower - install single impeller pump?
Anonymous user 14/03/2024 - 2.32 PM
I have fitted an electric 10.5KW shower to the cold supply of a gravity fed system. unfortunately the pressure is not good enough, can I install a single impeller pump to get it working. Also I notice that pumps are positive, negative or both - which do I need?
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Boiler Homecare
Rating: 5 out of 5
It is not normal practice to fit an electric shower to a gravity fed cold water supply, I would recommend you install the shower to a mains cold water feed as per the manufacturer's instructions, as a minimum of pressure is required to operate the shower, which obviously you are unable to achieve with the current water feed!
Answered16 February 2014
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Anonymous user
As above you really should use the mains supply pipe i would not advise using a pump on an electric shower. If you have a gravity supply chances are there is a main nearby supplying the gravity tank.
Answered14 March 2017
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