Is it appropriate for the shower head to be higher than the water heater?

In the current home life, for the convenience of bathing, we will install water heaters and showers, both of which can be said to be necessary accessories for home bathing. The shower is the water outlet of the water heater. So the question is, Is it appropriate for the shower to be installed higher than the water heater?

We all know that the shower is the water outlet of the water heater. Whether it can be higher than the water heater mainly depends on whether it will affect the water outlet if it is higher than the water heater, and whether there are other problems that are not conductive to use. Then we analyze them separately.

1. Does the shower higher than the water heater affect the water flow?

According to relevant information and actual user experience, we know that, except for traditional solar water heaters, which rely on gravity to drain water naturally, other water heaters rely on the water supply pressure of tap water to produce hot water. For example, instant Water heaters represented by gas water heaters rely entirely on the water supply pressure of tap water, and the outlet water can be said to be as high as the water supply pressure is, and the outlet water pressure is also. The water storage type electric water heater, although it has a water storage tank, its water storage tank is only used to store heated water, and the process of use must also enter cold water before hot water can come out, which also depends on the water pressure of the tap water .

Then, when we set the shower, that is, the water outlet, higher than the water heater itself, as long as the tap water, that is, the water supply pressure meets the water flow, then the shower will be able to discharge water Normally. Besides, in the actual installation process, the height of the shower and the water heater The difference will not be much different, and the difference in gravity can be ignored. So we can say that the shower head is higher than the water heater and does not affect the problem of water output.

2. Are there other problems that are not conductive to the use of the shower head higher than the water heater?

Just now we analyzed that the shower head is higher than the water heater and affects the water output. Obviously, it has no effect on normal use. Some friends may think that the shower head is higher than the water heater, so after the hot water is used up, some water may be stored in the pipe, and this will indeed store a part of the water. However, this has no effect on the use, even if we put the shower No matter how low it is installed when the shower is turned off, there will be some water in it. Generally, the switch of the shower is installed in a position that is easy for us to operate. So there is no need to worry about this, it does not affect normal use, and there are no other unfavorable problems.