Electric or combi shower??

[Nicki_1980]

I am buying a new shower for my house and have been given lots of different advice about which system would be best.
Any advice would be gratefully received.

Thanks

 

[brumylad]

If you boiler breaks down then an electric shower will not be affected, This is one of the main advantages.

they are cheap to buy

Down sides are:

if you don't have a spare or redundant (e.g. disused cooker or immersion heater) fuse (MCB) on your existing consumer unit (fuse board), you need a new one.

The shower will need a pipe and a thick electric cable run to it, also a pull switch will need to be installed in the ceiling, so the existing decor may be compromised.

anything less than 9Kw will give a very modest shower (flow rate).

 

[ChrisR]

Even a 10kW is not great at only 4litres/min or so. Smallest combis are 24kW, which means 2.4 times as much water.

 

[JPC]

if u want performance go for the combi derived shower.....

if u think it would be nice to shower while someone fixes ur boiler go for an electric...

is the shower to go over the bath ? if so just change the bath taps to shower mixer type and hey presto..or fork out for a thermostatic one and be posh !!

 

[kevplumb]

and hope the washer dosent decide to fill while your in it

 

[PEDANTICVINDICTIVEMAN]

Not going for the typhoon 25,000 litres a minute jobby then which not only sandblasts your skin but blows your genitalia off as well, seem quite popular in some foriegn hotels, or the 35,000 Litres a minute Micheal Jackson skin whitening model