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HM Super Member Offline Chief Turd Polisher Posts: 5072 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Shower Pump Query Feb 25^th, 2005, 11:20am Our shower pump appears to have given up the ghost. No pressure, just a slight buzzing noise from the pump and the pump obviously isn't turning. The current shower pump is rated at 2.5bar max. Just been to my local supplier and they do ratings of 1, 1.5, 2 and 3 bar. Question is, do I go for 2 bar or 3 bar? HM
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billythekid Trade Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 3402 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Trade: Plumber	Re: Shower Pump Query Reply #1 - Feb 25^th, 2005, 2:38pm 3
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HM Super Member Offline Chief Turd Polisher Posts: 5072 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: Shower Pump Query Reply #2 - Feb 25^th, 2005, 2:58pm Thanks BTK. Hope your pen didn't run out of ink as you penned that reply Right, next question. Supplier? These dang shower pumps are on the pricey side. Leastways, the screfux jobbies are! HM
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Reply #3 - Feb 25^th, 2005, 4:01pm

lol, yeah i dont like to use up all my type. As for suppliers i don tknow m8, sorry, all the usual suspects, plumbcenter grahams B&Q etc. Scruff will know better for down your way.
Expensive, well, its like all things innit, get what you pay for, and it depends how you measure expense

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sorry having a buddhist moment there lol.

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bstyle GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Shower Pump Query Reply #4 - Feb 25^th, 2005, 7:29pm The best pump to go for with out any doubt is a Stuart Turner Monsoon 3 bar twin impeller. I can get them for £264 + vat trade.
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Chaddy GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Shower Pump Query Reply #5 - Feb 25^th, 2005, 9:40pm Agree with bstyle can't go wrong with stuart turner.
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HM Super Member Offline Chief Turd Polisher Posts: 5072 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: Shower Pump Query Reply #6 - Feb 25^th, 2005, 9:45pm Stupid question which I think I know the answer to. But anyway..... The bar rating. Is that the water pressure that the pump can deliver, as in feet of water? I was slightly confused earlier today because the pump had max 2.5bar stamped on it, and I didn't know if that meant the max pressure it could stand on the inflow. HM
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bstyle GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Shower Pump Query Reply #7 - Feb 25^th, 2005, 10:04pm Yes , thats how much it can deliver.
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pactrol Newbie Offline No part pee Posts: 2 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: Shower Pump Query Reply #8 - Feb 27^th, 2005, 9:50pm l allways thought bar was pressure 1 bar = just under 15 psi
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Chaddy GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Shower Pump Query Reply #9 - Feb 27^th, 2005, 9:54pm Your right 1 bar = approx 14.7 psi
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JerryD GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Shower Pump Query Reply #10 - Feb 27^th, 2005, 10:52pm 1 bar also is the equivalent to 10 metres of head pressure approximately, so a 3 bar pump is the same as raising the storage tank 30 metres (100 feet) above the shower. You'll need some long bits of 4 x 2 to build a stand that high btw, I agree about the S/T Monsoon pumps, I have two 3 bar pumps here, very reliable and quiet.
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