I am looking for a remote shower control. Groehe do one for a thermostatic shower, but cannot find anything for an electric one. Is there any reason why you cannot have a remote (say next to the bed) to switch on an electric shower? Surely an electric shower is easier to remotely control with just one switch than a thermostatic shower that works on a knob??
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Its one of these gadget things that guys (yes guys!!!) are asking me for...they have seen them on the TV and want the shower running for them by the time they fall into the en suite...
Honestly, there is a call for it, but cant understand why they are only available for thermostatic showers and not electric. Its not that they take that long to heat so much as they cant b bothered to wait a minute, so u switch off the alarm and switch on the shower at the same time.
I KID YOU NOT
Honestly, there is a call for it, but cant understand why they are only available for thermostatic showers and not electric. Its not that they take that long to heat so much as they cant b bothered to wait a minute, so u switch off the alarm and switch on the shower at the same time.
I KID YOU NOT
it could be done but you'd have to modify the shower unit (tap the wires to the on/off buttons)
switching the mains feed with a contactor as another poster suggested won't help as (at least in my experiance) showers need to be started manually after applying power.
switching the mains feed with a contactor as another poster suggested won't help as (at least in my experiance) showers need to be started manually after applying power.
Fer crying out loud!
What's wrong with folk?
Get a watering can and rig up a hook above the bath. One kettle-load of hot, then top up with cold and hang it up. Pull on the rose end for water. More than enough in there for two good showers! (Yer bunch of soft Jessies!)
What's wrong with folk?
Get a watering can and rig up a hook above the bath. One kettle-load of hot, then top up with cold and hang it up. Pull on the rose end for water. More than enough in there for two good showers! (Yer bunch of soft Jessies!)
not sure. Our has a rotary off/lo/hi switch, and one would think that if the mains was interrupted, it would resume in the same state it was in when the mains was cut. Maybe i'm wrong, i've never tried it. MCBs spark too much when breaking a 42A load for me to be brave enough to attempt it.plugwash said:
I use the pull cord to switch on an electric shower, it saves you climbing in and pressing the on/off (triton electric), also avoiding getting soaked with freezing water. 
Al
Al
crafty1289 said:
Woosy - you want to close a 400amp MCCB onto a short cct fault - That will light up nicely (but safely
).A push button one could be adapted.
A rotary control one could have a contactor fitted.
Is it worth it?
I would HATE to purchase a house with some of this type of ****e in it. Even if it was just the cabling......It's bound to be installed poorly.
Do they want a sensor to flush the bog as they stand?
A hand to tip the fish food into the tank as they lift the lid?
A motor to turn the key once they have inserted it into the lock?
A rotisary to turn them at regular intervals during sleep?
Really........?
Lectrician said:
They have these fitted to the urinals at Prague airport
Perhaps a mechanical device that wipes one's derrier, followed by a jet of warm water and a blow dry......... whatever next?
crafty1289 said:
The water is controlled by an electrically opperated valve in tritton showers, there is some kind of interlink on showers to not turn on the heating elements until the flow is sufficent. So if you switched it on with the MCB for example, you wouldn't be switching thh full load current (because first the electric valve opens, then the water flows, then the heaters start) unless the valve had jammed open or something.
Thats if your shower is like the triton units I have experience of, when you switch it on, observe that the orange light that indicates that it is heating takes a couple of seconds to come on...
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