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hi

looking for a new shower what make r the best
whats the difference between 7.5kw and 10.5 ?
is it basically the cold water gets heated faster ?

have been looking at a gainsborough(chrome) 8.5kw £54.99 @ index is it worth it


geoff

ps hope i posted in the right forum THIS TIME !
 
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gdf said:
ps hope i posted in the right forum THIS TIME !
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you have.

you are 99.9% right with your thinking regarding the higher kw of an electric shower.


yes the higher the KW the faster it will heat the water, however, smaller showers will heat the water almost as quick, but to do it the water flow is reduced.

so the bigger KW your shower the more water can flow at a "nice" temperature.

also you will need a bigger cable for the 10.5 kw than the 7.

personally i do not like electric showers, let me put it this way.

look inside your electric kettle
see the element, "furred" up isnt it?
now imagine an element in a shower, that is on average 3 times hotter than the kettle, think how long before it gets "furred" up.
unlike a kettle you can not easily descale an electric shower.

average life of electric shower 5 years.

if you can get a plumbed in shower. if not, sorry about that
 
disclaimer i live in a soft water area kettle fur has never been an issue here

we have a 9KW electric and chose it mainly because it allows you to have a shower even when other familiy members bathing has emptied the hot water tank (which we already run very hot because of the amount of hot water we use with a familily of 5 4 of which have a liking for deep hot baths)

had the shower a couple of years and it seems fine
id imagine once the wiring and plumbing is in replaceing a shower is pretty easy
 
Yes, here in NW, water is so soft, we don't need salt in our dishwashers...

There are pro's and cons of both boiler-driven showers and electric. Yes, as plug said, if your HW runs dry (!) then you can have any number of electric showers, as they heat from cold mains water. But as Breezer says, if you live in hard water area, the showers can fur up. (Isn't this true of all plumbing?) One solution (pun not intended) is to fit a water softener to either the shower feed or incoming main. Electric showers may be the only option if you can't get a good head (ooh err matron!) on the hot & cold water storage tanks.

Personally, I have one of each. One doesn't like to brag, but I have a thermostatic mixer shower in the main bathroom, and an electric one in the en-suite. Oh, and three loos which comes in handy when you have children, and a wife who spends ages reading on the bog -she claims it helps her p*o....
 
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It's not just your wife who's guilty of reading on the bog, Simon...

My bathroom:
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It's nearly a bloody library... and yes, those are hi-fi speakers in there too :eek:
 
Can't see the piccy, ninebob!

I considered fitting a TFT and speakers in my bathroom (screen mounted from other side of wall, shining through a piece of glass sealed into the wall) but realised I would never come out of there!

Instead of an electric shower, has anyone here tried a separate instantaneous water heater? This one says it is not suitable for spray heads or mixer taps (so that is a mixer shower with a spray head out!) but surely someone makes one that could be used with a mixer shower?

If you could use something like that, you would be able to have your choice of shower fittings. Hide the heater away in an airing cupboard and you would have electric shower convenience with storage shower aesthetics.
 
cheers breezer 4 the info
but back to my question......guess it doesn't matter what make u get
have been looking at a gainsborough(chrome) 8.5kw £54.99 @ index is it worth it for the price
 
Yeah, because your browser cached it. It doesn't always pick up on the fact your hotlinking either, or it waits for several references from the same site.
 
I can see it ok without any fancy jiggery-pokery (as opposed to ordinary jiggery-pokery!!)
 
So has anyone tried a separate inline water heater, in the 9-10kW range to supply a mixer shower?

I am interested to see if this is a workable option!
 
gdf said:
looking for a new shower what make r the best
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If you look inside showers, you'll see that they are all similar, and all simple. They have a solenoid operated inlet valve, a tap and a socking great heater can with thermal overload protection.

I do not believe for one minute that the manufacturers make their own internal components - they are all bought in (probably from the same factory in China). Buy the one that looks the nicest/has the best deal.

whats the difference between 7.5kw and 10.5 ?
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