Hot horse shower

A hot horse shower is an absolute necessity on every yard and the perfect solution for washing horses after exercise or before competitions. Our propane gas-powered water heaters provide not only instant hot water but also a never-ending supply of it, all at the touch of the ‘on’ button.

The warm water our horse shower unit produces can not only be used to wash your equine but also dogs or even humans should the need arise.

Gone are the days of bathing your horse with a sponge and a bucket of ice-cold water. Your horse and you deserve better, in our opinion. Warm water, at an accurate water temperature for washing your horse or horses, is a demand that most owners want as a minimum these days.

Why use hot water to wash horses

• Hot water helps activate the shampoo and deliver it to the roots of the hair, allowing it to effectively perform a better job of removing debris and grease from your equine.
• Hot water results in happier horse, especially in the winter when the temperature is cool or cold
• Even in the summer, if the horses are really sweaty after activity, it is recommended not to hose the horses with cold water, as this can create complications such as significant blood vessel constriction – it is recommended to use hot water or lukewarm water.
• These are some of the reasons and benefits of using an instant hot water horse shower.

Equine shower range

We do more than one size of LPG water heaters , but our most popular horse shower unit is our SFK28, an internally mounted hot water generator, which has an internal pump and can be used on a DHW return system or as a direct flow type of hot water heater with a power output of 28 kW – this will produce 22.68 litres a minute of 40°C hot water temperature in typical summertime running or 13.78 litres in the winter period.

Thus, you could run 2 horse showers (3 showers if using 7-litre/minute shower heads) continuously in summer or one very good horse shower in winter (or 2 showers – again, with 7-litre shower heads, it would be a 14-litre/minute flow required – you’re not going to miss 0.22 litres in a minute with two showers running). It’s also an ErP “A”-rated condensing low-NOₓ water heater for maximum efficiency and lower running costs, which can be connected to a propane gas cylinder or a propane gas bulk tank.

 

 

Please note this unit has 28 mm diameter heat exchanger water ways – the largest we know of on the horse shower market. This diameter ensures very minimal pressure drops, lowers the possibility of clogging, improves thermal efficiency, and makes cleaning easier. This feature is particularly crucial in locations where the water is hard.

With an easy-to-use control panel to navigate through the menu items, such as temperature settings on these high efficiency lpg hot horse showers.

Download the SF14 Low NOx gas fired water heater manual Flexiheat UK

Water Heater Freeze Protection Operation Guide

The water heater is protected against freezing thanks to an inbuilt feature that starts the burner and heats the heat exchanger when their temperature goes below the minimum preset value, protecting the water heater up to an external temperature of ( minus) -10°C.

The device starts when the hot water temperature goes below 5°C, automatically starting the burner until the water inside the water heater reaches the temperature of 15°C.

The antifreeze system activates even if the water heater’s display shows “OFF”, as long as it remains connected to both the power supply (230-volt, 1-phase supply) and the gas supply.

For long periods of standby, please empty the water heater of any water

Quality Product

You literally “pay for what you get” in this product sector. A lot of horse showers come from the Far East, and they are poorly made. If you are considering one, establish the heat exchanger diameter and ask about spare parts backup, as well as whether they are “CE” approved and tested. Our gas horse shower units are manufactured in Europe, are fully CE approved, and have ‘A’-rated ErP efficiency levels – which is important with ever-rising energy costs. The saying ‘pay cheap, pay twice’ is very relevant to these products.

Water pressure

Please note that this SFK28 water heater requires a minimum water pressure of 0.5 bar and a maximum water pressure of 6 bar. So you require a mains water supply to use the full potential of the water heater’s performance.

Instant hot water

Our horse shower provides instant hot water on demand, which ensures the lowest energy usage and fuel bills.

Electric powered showers

There are a few electric hot horse showers on the market, which plug into a standard 240-volt, 1-phase electricity power supply that you have on the riding yard, but these only have a 2 kW output capacity, which means that you’re only getting a 3-litre per minute water flow rate – simply not good enough for a good horse shower

A standard showerhead has a 7-litre-per-minute flow rate – for example,

The only realistic solution for a good horse shower is gas as the fuel – in particular propane gas, also known as LPG gas – as this is the most commonly available and easiest gas to get for your horse yard because it can generate a lot of hot water from a relatively small gas bottle or gas bottles, or even a bulk tank if so required.

Externally mounted gas water heater option 

We also produce an externally mounted version of this 28 kW gas water heater. These are listed in full detail on this webpage – external gas water heater range

Portable horse shower?

Yes, we’ve seen them on the market, such as the hippo shower or hippo showers, but while a portable horse shower may suit certain horse-riding yards or horse and pony owners, they come with some negatives; often the gas ignition system of the water heater is powered by two “D2” batteries, which is fine in principle, but it naturally consumes battery power to the point that you need to remember to switch the device off afterwards, or you end up with a lot of (expensive) dead batteries.

Other gas-powered horse shower systems have a pilot light system for the propane water heater, which can be blown out by any strong gusts of wind.

Horse shower portable

Safety really is an issue with portable horse showers – we believe that the units should be placed inside the stable area or another safe location such as a tack room and the water transported to the horse via a hose – you can easily get a hose with spray or shower head setups that are of the retractable “magic” coil type, which are very neat and tidy. This literally is the case of “horse to warm water” or “warm water to the horse”.

Shower portable horse – electric

And when it comes to electric / electrical-powered portable horse shower units – again – the smaller portable horse shower units – which have a 13 amp plug – are only 2 kW rated and aren’t powerful enough to produce the hot water you require to have an adequate shower and often suffer from water pressure problems (one company/manufacturer actually stipulates that they must be used with a bucket and cannot be used directly from a mains water source/tap). I thought we were trying to get away from or past using a bucket.

 

Contact us 

If you are interested in our hot horse shower we sell direct, so you can purchase our horse hot water shower water heater range, which comes with a 2-year guarantee, directly from us at Flexiheat UK. We carry stock, so give our customer service team a call for a price for a new equine hot water shower heater.