Replacement Shower Required

[steveo44]

My Mira Technology Essential M shower is almost ready to give up, could somebody please recommend a shower that would be a straight swap please?

I hope this is possible, Steve.

* not sure how you upload pics on here but here is a link to my album with a couple of pics of my existing shower.

http://www.diynot.com/network/steveo44/albums/5687

 

[seco services]

mira event xs, Extreme thermostatic both fit.

 

[steveo44]

Thanks seco services i will take a look One other question is that i notice my existing shower is wired in 1.5mm mains flex is this ok? Also is my existing shower a power shower?

 

[seco services]

looks like the 1999 model of the manual power shower.
yes 1.5mm is ok as they useally only need a 3amp fused spur.

 

[steveo44]

looks like the 1999 model of the manual power shower.
yes 1.5mm is ok as they useally only need a 3amp fused spur.

Thanks for putting my mind at ease seco. I only asked about the cable as my parents have had a new shower and were told they needed a very thick cable wired back to the fuse board. I think there shower is an electric shower as they have a combi boiler. There new shower only trickles at best though.

 

[seco services]

electric showers need a large cable as they run straight from the consumer unit and are high kw 8.5 etc.
yours don't heat water that'll come from your hw cylinder only needs power to run the pump etc.
thats why you have 2 inlets not one straight from the mains cold.

 

[steveo44]

I am planning on replacing the shower myself any tips apart from turning the water supply off?

 

[seco services]

and the elecy.
pretty straight foreward slide the 2 inlets out, slide the new one on.
connect the elecy and commission the shower.