My shower pump is overheating and keeps stopping, so I guess I need a new one. But which one? The trouble with the old one was that because the shower head was less than a metre below the bottom of the cold water tank in the loft, we had to unhook the shower head and lower it briefly to start the pump working. So my question is which bar pressure shower pump do I need to get to cope with this initial lack of pressure? Would really appreciate your help here.
2007-03-01 20:40:47 · 2 answers · asked by oojamaflip 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It sounds like your problem is the position of the pump.
Shower pumps are designed to increase pressure from tank stored water. 1 bar is about 10 metres of water in pressure (which means if your tank was 10 m higher than your shower the pressure at it would be 1 bar). Most pumps cannot cope with more than 1 bar input pressure.
But the pump must be positioned (1) so it has enough flow (the pump cannot increase flow, only pressure) and (2) has enough ventilation. See link for an example.
2007-03-01 20:59:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One bar is equal to one standard atmospheric pressure (14.7 psi in the States). So a typical pressure you might need in the shower would be around 3 bar.
2007-03-02 09:57:02 · answer #2 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋