In the last article we discussed the benefits of electric showers. In this article we will discuss power showers and in which situations you can use them.
Power showers
The thing that both power showers and thermostatically controlled showers have in common is they need water to be heated by another source to work. In the case of a power shower, the shower needs to take hot and cold water from respective storage tanks. The PSI rating of power showers means that water cannot be heated as quickly as is needed by your boiler to supply the hot water. And the cold mains supply may also not be at a pressure that is not high enough for a power shower. It is for this sole reason that most people are now getting rid of hot water tanks and opting for combination boilers that power showers are not more common. However if you have a combination boiler, there is nothing to stop you installing a separate hot water storage tank and using this to supply the shower pump.
In the next article we will discuss thermostatically controlled showers.