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Bill Kavanagh Posted on Aug 19, 2012
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Water pressure volume low. I would like to get inside to see what is happening but see no visable way to take apart .

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Lots of times you can fix a slow pump by reversing the flow of the pump , by shutting off power and forcing water back thru it with a garden hose , no dissasembly required !!!

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1) If possible, it is Best to solve pressure problem before installing new shower.
http://waterheatertimer.org/Low-hot-water-pressure.html

2) If the cold water has good pressure, then Electric shower could fix problem ... but shower would have to be connected to the cold water line and not the hot.

3) Seems the expense of adding a electric shower would be greater than having plumber fix low hot water pressure.
Assuming you have access to plumbing pipes, and this is not apartment building.

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1) Cheapest and most reliable solution: Install tank-type electric water heater from local box store for $250. Get store coupons, offer 10% off store price. Repairs are made same day with generic off-the-shelf parts.
http://waterheatertimer.org/pdf/How-to-install-electric-water-heater.pdf

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http://waterheatertimer.org/How-to-solder-pipes.html

3) Remove areators and low flow shower heads, Maintain unit as shown in product manual: Delime tankless unit yearly, Clean water filter monthly.

4) Call city and report low pressure and report issue as fire hazard, move to different apartment. Call apartment complex and ask why they didn't read flow requirements for tankless before installing tankless.

5) Call Bosch 866-330-2729 and complain that nobody read the flow requirement or tested local water flow before installing tankless.

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Detergent tanks will only draw at low pressure. Switching to low-pressure is done is several different ways with different makes/models. Some pressure nozzles are push/pull, some are twist and some just have a quick coupling and you have to keep up with a low pressure tip (usually colored black).

If it will not draw at low presser, it is either stopped up with debres, or the check ball inside the injector is stuck. The injector is the little device that is just before the outlet where the pressure hose hooks up. These always have a small metal ball, held in place with a tiny spring. This ball is there to prevent pressurized water from shooting back into the detergent tank. The ball and seat that it presses against can get stuck together with old detergent residues, calcified deposits from the water or even rust.

Use a small crescent wrench to take it apart -- or if you prefer, find the right size box end/open end (metric) wrench. Be very cautious as it comes apart because that little spring can leap out and they are hard to find.
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Cold water pressure poor in shower. Just had Rheem installed.

You might have clog in water lines.
If shower is only place where low pressure exists, then clog is probably at shower valve.
Disassemble valve and see if clog will flush out.
From there, you have to keep moving back along cold water line looking for pipe filled with sediment or elbow that has obstruction.

If pressure problem is bad at every cold tap, but doesn't affect Hot water, then clog is inside Cold line somewhere after water heater connects to cold line.
Buy a pressure gauge that connects to water hose.
Buy adapter that also fits pipe thread.
For example Brady BTG 100.
Test outdoor spigot for baseline pressure.
Open cold tap inside house and see how much pressure drops.
Close cold line and open hot tap and see how much pressure drops.

Next, move pressure gauge along cold water line.
Take apart pipes and inspect for obstruction at elbow or pipes filled with sediment.
Look for any place galvanized pipe connects to copper pipe, since this will be likely place for obstruction because of bi-metal corrosion.

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When water is heated it expands. To deal with this all boilers are fitted with a small expansion vessel which is like a reservoir which holds the excess water.

This expansion vessel is like a balloon in a metal pot. When the water goes in the metal pot the baloon squashes a bit to make room for the extra volume of water. When it cools the balloon pushes the water back into the heating system.

What has happened is your expansion vessel no longer works. When the water heats up there is nowhere for it to go so the pressure jumps up to 4 bar. The Worcester boiler lets high pressure water escape (most boiler allow this to go through the safety valve at say 3.5 bar).

When the water cools the pressure drops very low as the volume of water contracts.

The problem is your expansion vessel - normally a little red painted metal cylinder inside the boiler.
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You and a friend put it on the bench to work on it and save your back. The pumps are pretty easy to take apart and put back in working order.
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