Pumped Electric Shower with Remote Control

RobAMerc

Sorry about the title - I'm not looking to suddenly shower unsuspecting passers by with a remote control shower !:D

but what I would like to get.....

We have a pumped Electric Shower - Electric Shower fed by the cold water tank.

We are having the bathroom re done and we would like to move to a traditional style mixer shower with big static head.

Been quoted a huge amount to move to immersion fed as our tank is a long way away (effectively a different building ) and we would need a strong pump.

So I was thinking, there is a small cupboard behind where the shower is being fitted.
Is there an option to have a "cold tank fed pump and heater" electric shower in the cupboard that is controlled by what looks like a traditional style mixer and riser in the bathroom ?

Thanks for your help!

BrokenArrows

Ive never heard of something like that.

Why not just spend some money on a nice looking electric shower.

Sleeper12

You seem to be mixing up an electric shower and a power shower.

Electric shower heats the water at about 4 litres per minute. You can can't hook up a rain shower head to an electric shower. Even if you could you'd have to run around it to get wet.

You will need to move the hot water cylinder or just install a 2nd one for the rain shower head and have a dedicated pump. It will work with a 1.5 bar pump to some extent but if put in a 3 bar pump

RobAMerc

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Ive never heard of something like that.

Why not just spend some money on a nice looking electric shower.

Iy seems the only pumped electric showers are the Mira St and Triton t90 - neither of which comes in lots of colours - all white

Sleeper12 wrote: »

You seem to be mixing up an electric shower and a power shower.

Electric shower heats the water at about 4 litres per minute. You can can't hook up a rain shower head to an electric shower. Even if you could you'd have to run around it to get wet.

nope - I am after a pumped electric shower, but I didn't realise you couldn't hook up an electric to a rain shower head.

Sleeper12

RobAMerc wrote:

nope - I am after a pumped electric shower, but I didn't realise you couldn't hook up an electric to a rain shower head.

Using shower heads not designed for electric showers can cause problems with temperature fluctuations.

The main Reason the rain head won't be successful is that there won't be enough water flow. Electric shower puts out 3 litres of water per minute in the middle of winter, sometimes less, and 4 litres in the summer. Rain water head needs 9 to 15 litres per minute depending on the size of the head.

Best option is 3 bar pump and a rain water head. It's the dearer option though

colm_c

There is also no comparision in terms of the shower you get.

Rain water head with pump is an amazing shower, expensive yes, but worth it.