subject: The Benefits Of Using Power Showers [print this page] When it is time to upgrade your bathroom or shower you may be perplexed and confused at the myriad of choices and options that are available. The choice can be a lot easier if you had a basic understanding of the operations of different types of showers and how they can be used in your particular circumstance. Power showers can add convenience, along with flexibility and enjoyment to an invigorating shower experience.
Power showers are mixer showers that mix volumes of hot and cold water to produce water at any desired temperature, but they also contain a low pressure pump that increases the pressure of the water as it is forced to the shower head. They are suitable mostly for low pressure water system or systems that are fed by gravity, so they may mostly likely be found in older homes or in areas where cold water storage tanks and hot water cylinders are maintained, or where the water-pressure has been traditionally low. They may not be readily compatible with homes that use combi-boilers or other high pressure systems. Modern power showers can include thermostatic controls for automatic re-adjusting of the temperature of the water, when differences are detected.
There are several types of power showers, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages when installed in your home.
The built-in pump along with mixer shower is actually a combination of a mixing valve and pump as well as mixing valve in one, where the valve mixes the hot and cold water to a desired temperature, and the pump increases the flow of water. This model is available as a fixed type of and can be a ceiling or exposed wall mounted shower. You can save water with some models, however, the purpose of having the power shower is defeated as the pressure is now much lower.
The single impeller pump is fed water by both the cold mains water supply and from the hot water supply, and the temperature is adjusted by the shower mixing valve. The pump that is installed as close possible to the shower head increases the pressure and flow of water to shower head.
Some models allow you to adjust the type of spray that you desire, to customize your shower experience. You can get a gentle shower massage, or your experience can be a forceful invigorating experience, that provides a deeper shower massage. Other features can include automatic pack up in case the supply of warm or the cold water fails. The shower head can also possess the height-adjustment capacity.
The double-impeller pump is perhaps the most versatile, this is because water can be provided to multiple showers, and it can supply both hot and cold water to other areas of the house.
Power showers can be used in various ways in the home. The most benefit from can be gained from power showers when they are used with low water-pressure systems.
