Electric showers.

[Dagman]

Hi ABers. I am wanting to replace my old low wattage electric shower with a more powerful one. It is mains water fed. I have trawled the net but cannot decide on a good replacement which will increase flow. Basically I'would have liked an electric power shower but because it would be mains fed I understand it's not legal to fit one nor practical. Is there a shower unit out there that will simply replace my old one (mains water fed) and perform really well?
The water pressure is good 'to' but poor 'from' the existing shower so would a higher wattage one be better? I'm in the UK in case you know of a retailer. Many thanks...Dagman

[NazNomad]

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[The Builder]

Daggers ........... the only way you're going to increase the power is by replacing it with a higher powered (wattage) unit.
I guess you have maybe a 7kw shower now? Modern 9.5 and 10kw showers are excellent compared to the old 7 and 7.5 ones.
Some good deals here:

http://www.screwfix.c...wers/Electric-Showers

The BIG snag is that you probably have a 6mm cable to supply the shower. Unless you're very lucky, and the cable run is VERY short.......... you'll certainly need a 10mm cable.

Hope you get sorted :o)

[Dagman]

Thanks both, so it looks like I need to find out if the cable is 10mm, I'll see if the cable is marked up, it was put in by the leccy board some years ago and is exposed at the breaker box. I'll then look through the showers you suggested and go for a higher rated one. Thanks.

[hammerman]

Get profesional help. A sparky will tell you the correct cable size for the size of unit and you may even have to up the size of fuse to a 45amp.

If you don't, there's a big chance you can cause a fire due to the large load placed upon a lower rated cable.