Best shower pump for reasonable money?

[dobbslc]

I need a new shower pump after mine toasted a capacitor

I'll replace the cap and keep it as a spare if it still works but I don't really trust it anymore as it's in the eaves next to my boys bedroom.
A replacement equivalent to this one is £600 ! (3.0 bar twin universal Stuart Turner Monsoon)
I know the Stuart Turner ones are the best but I just can't afford that sort of dosh for a pump.
I probably go for a 2.0 bar one as I've had trouble with pulsing due to too much back pressure on the bigger pump trying to push too much water through the system.
Any recommendations for something else at about £300?

 

[reb78]

I've had the wickes own brand ones before. Seem to last as long as the more expensive ones I have also tried.

 

[reb78]

I also tried spending more to get quieter ones but they are all blooming noisy IME

 

[Nick DV]

One like this https://www.plumb2u.com/PBSCProduct...450&gbraid=0AAAAACrxTFDIKb8u7m2TPygX7LFs1Pmv6

 

[gaz1]

I need a new shower pump after mine toasted a capacitor

I'll replace the cap and keep it as a spare if it still works but I don't really trust it anymore as it's in the eaves next to my boys bedroom.
A replacement equivalent to this one is £600 ! (3.0 bar twin universal Stuart Turner Monsoon)
I know the Stuart Turner ones are the best but I just can't afford that sort of dosh for a pump.
I probably go for a 2.0 bar one as I've had trouble with pulsing due to too much back pressure on the bigger pump trying to push too much water through the system.
Any recommendations for something else at about £300?

replace cap move it away from the eaves as its being boiled up there

capacitor has overheated and expanded inside the housing

eaves is the most hottest place going as it takes the brunt of the sun and is more like a sauna in summer

 

[dobbslc]

It's not melted because of the temperature up there as it's winter. It's failed because it's old I would say.
BUT I've had trouble with it previously and at the weekend my wife's friend stayed over and when she had a shower I don't think she fully turned the shower on and it was pulsing off and on so I think that's pushed it over the edge.

 

[dobbslc]

One like this https://www.plumb2u.com/PBSCProduct.asp?ItmID=34654413&AccID=122267&PGFLngID=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAzZ_NBhAEEiwAMtqKyzOmjgOatEVzMAplQa7e_YdOj9YdBDFlR6161XQL3GKlW_wA7lh8DhoC-roQAvD_BwE&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22795775450&gbraid=0AAAAACrxTFDIKb8u7m2TPygX7LFs1Pmv6

Thanks but that's a positive head pump and I need a negative head/universal pump that are predictable way more expensive

 

[Nick DV]

Thanks but that's a positive head pump and I need a negative head/universal pump that are predictable way more expensive

Sorry, I didn't notice that when I looked!

 

[gaz1]

It's not melted because of the temperature up there as it's winter. It's failed because it's old I would say.
BUT I've had trouble with it previously and at the weekend my wife's friend stayed over and when she had a shower I don't think she fully turned the shower on and it was pulsing off and on so I think that's pushed it over the edge.

on both boiler and the cement mixer when they go like that ( cap failure ) it fails to spin

though the water could have started the pump so it might have pulsed for that reason