Electric Shower - The Mystery Third Pipe and What to Replace With?

[SwitchTheElectricsOff]

Hi everyone
I'm currently ripping out my en suite shower (700mm to 900mm), in there at the moment is a Galaxy Obsession Deluxe 9.5kw. It has three pipes going in, I see two from the floor (assuming hot/cold, quite large pipes - slightly larger than 15mm) and a white plastic one from the ceiling. Single electrics lead from the ceiling too.


This is the only reference I have:

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I'm going to replace this with something better, however, the third plastic pipe is a mystery to me?


On the same subject, what should I be looking at to replace this with? I'd be looking for 5+ years usage out of it (before selling the house)
Thankyou for any help!

 

[terryplumb]

Your shower only needs a cold water supply ,and electric cable . Can you show pics of the pipes entering the shower ?

 

[SwitchTheElectricsOff]

Your shower only needs a cold water supply ,and electric cable . Can you show pics of the pipes entering the shower ?

Hi Terry - will put photos on in the morning (too dark in there at the moment), I've done more investigation and can see the (assumed) hot water capped off right just behind the unit, will get the torch out to look at the other side

It's such a small room - 2.8m x 900mm (including shower!) and a small window

 

[flameport]

Large were hot & cold from the stored water system for an old gravity mixer shower.
White plastic is the new mains pressure cold supply for the electric shower.

 

[SwitchTheElectricsOff]

Large were hot & cold from the stored water system for an old gravity mixer shower.
White plastic is the new mains pressure cold supply for the electric shower.

Thanks flame
At the moment there is an old boiler under the stairs (redrow house, say no more), a water cylinder in the main bathroom, and in the loft are two huge black tanks with various pipes coming out of them, and there is a small water expansion tank up there.

I'm aiming to get rid of all this at a point for a combi and get that loft boarded, so much wasted space up there

 

[SwitchTheElectricsOff]

@terryplumb
@flameport

I've had a good look this morning, just behind this both bottom pipes are capped, I'll get those under the flooring soon enough

That white pipe I'm going to see where that leads to, this first section of the false wall is going, and I'm filling all walls with sound proofing

In terms of a new (assume electric) shower, are there any half decent ones around nowadays, or all much the sameness?

 

[Madrab]

The white pipe will be connected to what would typically be the cold feed to the attic cistern.

 

[flameport]

In terms of a new (assume electric) shower, are there any half decent ones around nowadays, or all much the sameness?

Higher power will provide a slightly higher flow rate. The difference is minimal.

Any other type of shower is vastly superior.

 

[Johntheo5]

If you have a vented HW cylinder then you may be able to run/convert the piping to gravity fed hot and cold supply pipes and install a Triton AX2000 SR which has its own inbuilt pump and will give a flowrate of 14 LPM which would equate roughly to the output from a 30kw combi.

 

[dilalio]

If you go the combi route as you plan to, I would keep the electric shower, if you have another shower in the property, that runs off the DHW, as a back up if boiler is out of action.

If it's your only shower, then it makes sense to convert it to DHW but you will not have back up.