Replacing Shower

gogo

Hi, I recently bought a replacement shower. I got a friend to have a look and he said that the existing shower I have is a pumped shower and can't be replaced with the electric shower I bought? One we have is a triton t90si and one I bought is a triton Alicante.
Is he right, I'm outside the window to return the new one, is there a way around this or do I have to get another pumped shower?

Any help greatly appreciated, or anyone want to buy a triton alicante it will be on adverts over the coming days 😕

punisher5112

gogo wrote: »

Hi, I recently bought a replacement shower. I got a friend to have a look and he said that the existing shower I have is a pumped shower and can't be replaced with the electric shower I bought? One we have is a triton t90si and one I bought is a triton Alicante.
Is he right, I'm outside the window to return the new one, is there a way around this or do I have to get another pumped shower?

Any help greatly appreciated, or anyone want to buy a triton alicante it will be on adverts over the coming days 😕

Mains fed is what you got so a new water mains fed would have to be installed.

gogo

Is that a big job? Worth doing or cheaper to buy another pump shower instead, thanks for the reply

sky6

Better to just return it and get another T 90 There a good Shower anyway.

Sleeper12

Mains fed showers aren't great for most of Ireland as our water pressure is not good enough. The pumped electric shower was more or less designed for the Irish market.

In short it's down to your water pressure. If you have great pressure then a mains fed shower can be a good choice. They make no noise as there is no pump. If your pressure is anyway dodgy put in the pumped electric shower. What happens with a mains fed shower is if pressure drops below 1 bar (3/4 bar on the good showers) it won't active the pressure switch. This means no electricity getting to the element & a cold shower. There are people in parts of Dublin with mains fed showers and some only work from midnight to 7am. Off peak.

gogo

Thanks a million!

anheneti

punisher5112 wrote: »

Mains fed is what you got so a new water mains fed would have to be installed.

T90 isn't mains fed

punisher5112

anheneti wrote: »

T90 isn't mains fed

Your point????

They got one that is not a t90.

Read the Op

Sleeper12

punisher5112 wrote:

They got one that is not a t90.

I think his point is It's simpler to put in another t90 rather than repipe for a mains fed shower that may or may not work properly. Installing the wrong shower just because they bought the wrong shower isn't really the best way to go

punisher5112

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I think his point is It's simpler to put in another t90 rather than repipe for a mains fed shower that may or may not work properly. Installing the wrong shower just because they bought the wrong shower isn't really the best way to go

Oh my god....

I said it's a mains fed what they got.

It's up to them whether change pipes or new pumped shower.

Best option would be replace like for like did anyone read my post.

anheneti

punisher5112 wrote: »

Your point????

They got one that is not a t90.

Read the Op

My point is they haven't got mains a T90 is tank fed

punisher5112

anheneti wrote: »

My point is they haven't got mains a T90 is tank fed

Obviously hence stated it was a mains fed