I have what may seem a daft question to all you engineering types out there.
The water pressure to our house is acceptable but not very satisfying. I'd like my shower to be more like a tropical downpour than a gentle English sprinkle and my bum-flushers to have a greater cling-on clearing capacity.
So, simple question: the pump is a Mitsubishi WP-155N. If I replace it with a more powerful pump, will I get a significant increase in my water pressure?
If so, any recommendations as to what I should look for will be most welcome.
On the run at the moment but an opening thought is to make sure your shower head and bum cleaner don't have a flow restricter in them. Unscrew the head from the handle and look for a small white plastic plug that allows water through, but restricts the flow. If you find one, throw it away and see how your pressure is then. Pete
PS: Every shower head I've ever purchased here had them regardless if local made or import.
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DM
depending on how old the pump is and whether or not you have to pump up another floor, what was it working like before this post? If it a recent development, the pressure switch could be on the blink. It looks like a small grey canister screwed into the main tank body and will have a seperate set of wires that are also attached to the pump.
The other problem could be a lot of gunk accumulated in the unit and tank itself; seen the brother-in-law strip one and clean it out; worked a lot stronger after that.
If pump is over five years old I'd probably be looking at just replacement.
