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Upgrading shower

  • 04-01-2016 5:07pm
    #1
    Esto Fidelis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I have had the Triton T90i then the T90si and now the T90xr and all only last a few years. I have had them in 2 different rooms and both have been replaced a few times since 1998. I am now looking at the possibility of up-grading them to something better. I fitted a water softener a few years ago and this migh have helped a little but I would like to know if there is something with better power to replace them. I would consider all options at this point as both showers are acting up again.

    Thanks for you help.


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  • #2
    Timber planks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭Timber planks


    Esto Fidelis wrote: »
    Hi,

    I have had the Triton T90i then the T90si and now the T90xr and all only last a few years. I have had them in 2 different rooms and both have been replaced a few times since 1998. I am now looking at the possibility of up-grading them to something better. I fitted a water softener a few years ago and this migh have helped a little but I would like to know if there is something with better power to replace them. I would consider all options at this point as both showers are acting up again.

    Thanks for you help.


    There's a small little filter in shower aswell If they start clogging up that would be your problem no harm checking before you splash out an easy fix


  • #3
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,189 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    First off you get an average of 10 years from an electric shower. This lifespan is shortened by heavy use & limescale so it doesn't look like you've done too bad.

    An electric shower is an electric shower as far as pressure is concerned. All electric showers have pretty good pressure (over 10 liters per minute in some cases) when on cold. The problem is you have to slow the flow down so the element can heat it. The average electric shower puts out about 3.5 liters of hot water. Even changing to 9.5kw only gives you about 12% more hot water (3.92 liters). You wont get great pressure from an electric shower. They are rated A energy & they use very little water. You'll love this when we are metered in a few years. A 10 minute shower in an 8.5kw shower uses around 35 liters

    A power shower pumps out Minimum 10 litres per minute, some even 20 liters. These are a joy to shower in. You have to heat up the water up first. A 10 minute shower will use between 100 liters & 200 liters. A 10 minute shower will use as much water as having a bath with a good power shower. This water has cost you a lot more to heat up than the electric shower.

    Pros & cons for both. Perhaps as you have 2 showers you change one to a power shower & keep one electric shower. The best of both worlds


  • #4
    John T Carroll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 757 ✭✭✭John T Carroll


    If you want a substantial increase in the shower flowrate you will have to go for a shower that takes its supply from your hot water cylinder, if you have a pressurised hot water system, stainless steel hot water cylinder, then you can install what is termed a thermostatically controlled power shower(s) which will give you more or less any flowrate you desire, say 10 to 20 LPM. If you have a gravity fed (usually copper) hot water cylinder you can install, amongst other options, something like a Triton AS2000XT (google it), which will give a heavenly flowrate of up to 14 LPM which is certainly a big increase from the 3.5 to 4.5 LPM of a 9.5 KW Electric Shower.


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