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V8Granite wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2025 2:22 pm
A Thinneriser ?

Bingo!

PS, they are thicknessers in Aus too.

i have a problem to solve!

Our boiler died and we have lined up a new one to be installed but it won’t be for a week or so.

i can shower at work, but the mrs WFH and doesn’t have time to be heading out anywhere to shower each day.

we used the immersion heater in our megaflo cylinder for a bit, but it seems to be too high draw for the plug and trips it.

Is there any plug in type shower solution that could just run off a tank of (kettle made) hot water or even something that could heat its own water? i was thinking like a camping shower but better?

You’d run out of hot water very quickly if you heated it in a kettle so I can’t see that existing.

Can you solve the immersion tripping? You mention a plug and they obviously shouldn’t be plugged in but hard-wired. An electrician could doubtless sort that in an hour or two, even if they need to add a new spur.

Jobbo wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 10:38 am You’d run out of hot water very quickly if you heated it in a kettle so I can’t see that existing.

Can you solve the immersion tripping? You mention a plug and they obviously shouldn’t be plugged in but hard-wired. An electrician could doubtless sort that in an hour or two, even if they need to add a new spur.

yeah, that is probably the correct route, just seems a waste to get it wired in for it all to be ripped out a week later. (we’re ditching the megaflo and just going to a combi boiler instead.)

Camping shower was what I thought of too. To properly heat the water whilst it’s flowing you’re going to need a big element (probably 7kw minimum) so I can’t see that as a solution.

Immersions are usually wired in directly - not on a plug. Get a sparky to do it properly?

Edit: sorry - just realised so hadn’t fully read Jobbo’s post and I’’ saying the same thing

One of those 20l solar shower could do with a kettle of water top upped with tap water. Only gravity fed as you hang up the bag though.

Immersion heaters are often 20a so may just be a case of getting a spur fitted rather than using a 13a plug.

Rich B wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 10:43 am

Jobbo wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 10:38 am You’d run out of hot water very quickly if you heated it in a kettle so I can’t see that existing.

Can you solve the immersion tripping? You mention a plug and they obviously shouldn’t be plugged in but hard-wired. An electrician could doubtless sort that in an hour or two, even if they need to add a new spur.

yeah, that is probably the correct route, just seems a waste to get it wired in for it all to be ripped out a week later. (we’re ditching the megaflo and just going to a combi boiler instead.)

How big a combi have you got going in? A combi will never give as much hot water flow rate as an unvented cylinder can, so has your guy explained you’ll see a drop in performance at the tap?

Carlos wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 11:30 am One of those 20l solar shower could do with a kettle of water top upped with tap water. Only gravity fed as you hang up the bag though.

Immersion heaters are often 20a so may just be a case of getting a spur fitted rather than using a 13a plug.

Usually a 16 or 20amp circuit, but they’ll run off a fused spur with a 13 amp fuse, usually 3kw so same as a kettle element.

jamcg wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 11:49 am

Rich B wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 10:43 am

Jobbo wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 10:38 am You’d run out of hot water very quickly if you heated it in a kettle so I can’t see that existing.

Can you solve the immersion tripping? You mention a plug and they obviously shouldn’t be plugged in but hard-wired. An electrician could doubtless sort that in an hour or two, even if they need to add a new spur.

yeah, that is probably the correct route, just seems a waste to get it wired in for it all to be ripped out a week later. (we’re ditching the megaflo and just going to a combi boiler instead.)

How big a combi have you got going in? A combi will never give as much hot water flow rate as an unvented cylinder can, so has your guy explained you’ll see a drop in performance at the tap?

yeah, we talked it through - though we only have a 15mm incoming supply anyway (for now) so it’s not as though we were ever making use of the potential capacity of the cylinder - the shower pressure would drop if you used a tap.

We’re only a family of 3 though and i’d rather have the extra space in our utility room than a massive system that doesn’t seem to offer any benefit. Saying that, i am looking into getting the incoming supply increased.

the mess the previous owners did that we’ve been nursing though for the last 7 years:



We have a 36kw going in.

Christ how have you kept a suprima going

the sticker on it reckons it was installed 2009… it looks like it’s about 30 years old though!

Rich B wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 10:21 am i have a problem to solve!

Our boiler died and we have lined up a new one to be installed but it won’t be for a week or so.

i can shower at work, but the mrs WFH and doesn’t have time to be heading out anywhere to shower each day.

we used the immersion heater in our megaflo cylinder for a bit, but it seems to be too high draw for the plug and trips it.

Is there any plug in type shower solution that could just run off a tank of (kettle made) hot water or even something that could heat its own water? i was thinking like a camping shower but better?

https://thepetjetco.com/products/showe ... gLooPD_BwE

Word it as a portable camping shower as apposed to a horse wash

Dave!

Our immersion has a shower/bath switch. I think this lowers the draw. Does yours have the same?

Rich B wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 1:11 pm the sticker on it reckons it was installed 2009… it looks like it’s about 30 years old though!

They’re a non condensing boiler, they were outlawed in England and wales in 2005, so must be before that, unless you’re in Scotland which I don’t think you are?

jamcg wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:32 pm

Rich B wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 1:11 pm the sticker on it reckons it was installed 2009… it looks like it’s about 30 years old though!

They’re a non condensing boiler, they were outlawed in England and wales in 2005, so must be before that, unless you’re in Scotland which I don’t think you are?

nope! doesn’t surprise me though with the previous owner! He was a (shit) builder and probably took it from another refurb job!

I finally got the shed up, maybe I’ll clad the front in wood so it matches everything else. But for now I’ll just plant wisteria up the side and see how that goes.

The flooring will be a pain, all my milled wood has dried and some of it is twisted almost 45 degrees.

Mito Man wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:13 am The flooring will be a pain, all my milled wood has dried and some of it is twisted almost 45 degrees.

Showing my complete lack of knowledge - can the timber be soaked, straightened and re-dried or will it always twist now??

dinny_g wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:51 am

Mito Man wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:13 am The flooring will be a pain, all my milled wood has dried and some of it is twisted almost 45 degrees.

Showing my complete lack of knowledge - can the timber be soaked, straightened and re-dried or will it always twist now??

Yes, I’ve done that with a bar top before. Chucked it in the pond for 24 hours, parked the digger on it for a few weeks, milled off a slice either side to get the worse of the twist out. But that was a much thicker plank to start with and it’s
too time consuming for a large quantity.

Gotcha…

I’ve straightened a few planks out and it worked really well, some water and heat, keep it pressed…….. then a few days after installing it cracks where it wanted to twist

Dave!