Hot water system

[Stace]

We have a t line 743 and wondered whether it's normal for the shower to produce about 3 mins of hot water, even though the water tank has been heated for the alloted time!

 

[Figaro]

No, that's not right.
What heating system / boiler have you got and how are you heating the water.
Oh and ......

 

[Two on Tour]

Are you just leaving the shower running as you may do at home then the hot water will not last for long, or using the motorhome method of wetting yourselves then switching off the water and soaping up, then switching the water on and rinsing off, plus we use an eco shower head to save water.

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These water and energy saving showers work best with hot and cold mixer showers, thermostatic mixer showers and power showers. Eco Shower heads can be used with electric showers but they will generally not be able to give water or energy savings as electric showers regulates their own water flow.

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[dunnah01]

3 mins on full blast in the shower sounds about right for a 10l hot water tank.

 

[David and Sally]

Yes. Wet your body, soap, rinse. There is only 10 litres of water and that will not last long if left running.

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[activecampers]

If 10L tank, at full temp (70') - then mixed with cold at 20' , thats 20L @ 45'. Pump 6 or 8 litures per minute = 3 minutes.

So sounds normal if you are using it like home.

Trigger shower heads are great - and we can easily get 2 "good" showers

Take a look at the manual - but that says 2.5l flow which is quite low but easy enough to measure your flow.. You could "slow" the flow down, or trigger shower head (though the later MAY need NRVs on hot & cold to prevent spikes)