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Electric Shower Low Water Pressure.

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Eccles-on-Sea, or nearly covered by the sea. There exists at Eccles a remote shanty town and many holiday "chalets." The water supply is just about o.k. to allow the use of an electric instantaneous shower at most times. BUT, at high season at peak times of use, the water pressure drops very low and the showers will not work due to low water pressure. Apart from building a high water tower at each chalet, what is an economical practical solution to the problem per chalet? Some are let out and guests like to shower regularly and not have to wait until night time. Some chalets have flat rooves and no "loft" space for a tank.

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    This all reminds me of the camp site in the middle of the circuit at Le Mans. Cold only. Plenty on Thursday, none by Sunday.

    It's all Ohm's law for plumbers.

    I don't think that pumps should be used to suck water up the mains - that potentially introduces a negative pressure. I rather doubt that the water pressure will drop to nothing so it should be possible to fill a tank at ground floor level. Then pump the water up to the shower head.

    I might add that peoples' expectation of showers seems to have grown over the years.

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    if only plumbers understood ohms law - opening a tap is more like pssc, i.e. maxflow into no pressure showers and combis have resistance  so if a pump adds pressure the incoming  line pressure may be near zero gauge then now you can have the downstairs pssc upstairs through a bit of resistance.

    Mike.

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    if only plumbers understood ohms law - opening a tap is more like pssc, i.e. maxflow into no pressure showers and combis have resistance  so if a pump adds pressure the incoming  line pressure may be near zero gauge then now you can have the downstairs pssc upstairs through a bit of resistance.

    Mike.

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