Power Showers - talk to me

[Marf]

Need to replace my shower, looking to spend around £100. Nothing fancy. Most of the year I don't use the shower and bathe instead.

Can anyone reccomend a good one?

What does the power rating mean? 8.5kw, 9kw etc? Is that the power of the pump?

Cheers

Marf

[miniman]

That's not a power shower, that's an electric shower and the rating refers to the heating element. So really the higher the better PROVIDING that the wiring is up to the job - early electric showers ran less current and may well have wiring that won't cope with more recent, higher powered units.

That notwithstanding, electric showers are generally rubbish. I would get a proper power shower (i.e. that pumps the existing hot water tank).

[Marf]

OK - thanks for schooling me on the terminology, I am not good with house type stuff

My current shower is not a power shower then and I'm was happy with it as is, plus money is fairly tight

[Ganglandboss]

Marf said:

Need to replace my shower, looking to spend around £100. Nothing fancy. Most of the year I don't use the shower and bathe instead.

Can anyone reccomend a good one?

What does the power rating mean? 8.5kw, 9kw etc? Is that the power of the pump?

Cheers

Marf

9kW pump? Christ! That would make a heavy duty Karcher look like my granddad having a p*ss.

As above, anything that size is an electric shower which heats the water via an electric heater element. You need to establish exactly what you have first.

Electric Shower

• Fed from a large dedicated supply (30A upwards).
• Cold feed only

Power Shower

• May be either a wall mounted unit very similar in appearance to an electric shower or a concealed pump
• Will have a small power supply - typically a fused spur with a small flex
• Has a hot and cold feed

If it is an electric shower, the higher the rating, the better the shower as the increased power output means it heats water faster and therefore allows increased flow. The size you can have depends on the size of the power supply available - this needs to be checked.

[Marf]

Ganglandboss said:

9kW pump? Christ! That would make a heavy duty Karcher look like my granddad having a p*ss.

Thanks GLB, I'll check the model I have and likely just buy that one again, should simplify fitting and ensure that the wiring I have is up to the job!