Question about Power Showers, Plumbers please!!?

Question

What is the largest KW power shower available. I have a 15mm copper inlet pipe and my current 10.8KW electric shower does not heat the water well enough in the winter. I know I will need an electric pump but further info required to gain a powerful hot shower in the winter

Answer 1

its best not to ask on here maybe try your local B&Q or homebase.

Answer 2

Cant believe you want a plumber to answer an electricians question. There are a number of things to consider when changing your shower i.e is the cable big enough and how good is the water pressure.also do you really want to be standing wet and naked in the same space with a potential death box. It is relatively easy to fit an in line power pump from a water boiler to a shower valve this should be your first and only choice forget about electric showers they never give you anywhere near the power you get from a boiler

Answer 3

If you insist on using an electric shower, bearing in mind the type of head (get the right one) you could simply make the shower think it has a better head. Directly from your cold tank in the loft (dont "T" off another pipe) use that to feed a pump, then feed the shower from the pump. This way round you will increase the pressure on the shower.

Answer 4

electric showers no matter how big and powerfull can only heat a small amount of water as it has no heat reserve , fitting a pump is a definate no no .

you need to be looking at the shower head if it is to big and "fancy" then the water flow will be too fast for the heater

get a small shower head from b n q this should do the trick

Answer 5

Firstly, 10 kw is, as far as I know, the biggest electric shower you can get in the UK to work on single phase, 240v, domestic supply, and, as said, should give you a hot enough shower. Secondly, if you have substituted the original shower head for a bigger one, you will increase flow but decrease temperature. Fit the standard head as recommended for the shower. And, thirdly, you CANNOT fit a pump to a mains pressure supplied electric shower. If you wish to increase your shower performance, you will probably have to change it for one fed from the hot-water cylinder. You can then fit a pump.

Answer 6

sounds like the cable for your shower is the problem and may not be able to cope, or possibly the shower itself. The KW of shower you have currently sound sufficient also the size pipe, so after all you may need an electrician!!!
Hope this helps an you can have a warm shower soon.!!!!!

Answer 7

A power shower does not heat the water it pumps direct hot mains. A 10.8kw electric shower should heat the water to a temperature hotter than you can stand, although the water pressure will decrease with a hotter setting.

Answer 8

All power showers are noisy. I'd replace it with a good quality electric shower with a 10.5 kw output if you have the capacity for such at your consumer unit. Electric showers with a high output have as good a water flow as many so called power showers and they are virtually silent too.

Answer 9

Wise up mate, how much power do you need, in your existing shower you have the equivelent of nearly 11 bars of an electric fire, do yourself a favour and have your existing shower overhauled not by a plumber but by an electrician who specializes in showers,

Answer 10

Not a plumber and can't answer your exact question. One thing I would like to say is that you may need to check that your shower head is suitable for a power shower as a great deal of them aren't and that could cause you some problems in the future....

Hope you can get it sorted...