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Power Shower with Combi Boiler - HOW!

Hi All

Looking at my bathroom in my new house, which I’ve owned for about a couple of weeks. I notice that I have a power shower installed, which has a hot and cold feed going into it. Fine I thought. Looking at my boiler it’s a Valiant Combi boiler… How is this possible? There are no water tanks, additional pumps etc.

I was under the impression that you cannot have a Power shower connected to a combi boiler. It appears to be working fine with reasonable force, more so than the water coming from the taps in the bathroom. What are the implications if I continue to use the power shower!

Regards

Jag

Comments

  • m4rky
    m4rky Posts: 181 Forumite
    How do you know its a power shower???

    I too thought it was impossible to run a Power Shower off a combi.
    The hot water flow rate will only be as good as the combi can output.

    Maybe you have a combi boiler that is massively over specced and can handle a monstrous flow rate/pressure??

    Or maybe the Power part of the shower is not functioning and its working like a thermostatic shower???
  • moonrakerz
    moonrakerz Posts: 8,650 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Jag1978 wrote: »
    Hi All

    I notice that I have a power shower installed, .......................... There are no water tanks, additional pumps etc.

    No tanks, no pumps = No Power Shower ! What makes you think it is one ?
  • floyd
    floyd Posts: 2,722 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Could it be a thermostatic mixer shower? They are quite powerful but don't have any additional pumps or tanks

    Something like this?

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