On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 09:36:52 GMT, "BigWallop"
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>
>"Potsie" <rmpott@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:769ab651.0307040015.335fd68f@posting.google.com...
>> My plumber plans to put in a separate dual-impeller pump for each of
>> my three showers.  A colleague has suggested that since this is a new
>> installation it would be better to have 2 better single impellers (one
>> hot, other cold.  Does anyone have an opinion on this?
>>
>> Many thanks
>> Potsie
>
>Hi Potsie,
>
>Yes !  The answer would be to fit Central Heating Pumps  to both your hot
>and cold supply pipes to lift the pressure in the whole system and not just
>to the showers.  That way you cut down on maintenance costs, only to pumps
>to look after, shower installation costs, you could install a larger range
>of decent showers, and running costs because the power used by two central
>heating pumps on demand switches would be less.
>

For an application like this, the pumps must be brass or bronze -
which CH ones are not.

An alternative is simply to put in a large single pump and run all
three from it.    Stuart Turner have a good range with details on
their web site.



.andy

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