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Removal of electric shower and replace with "digital" mixer shower - any significant electrical work needed to "complete" the change?

Home Improvement Asked by seventyeightist on October 2, 2020

I currently have an electric shower with cold water feed and its own “isolator” with a string pull outside the shower.

Looking to have it replaced (by a professional, so I’m asking more out of curiosity and to understand the process rather than to do it myself) with a shower fed from the hot and cold water tanks.

The setup is a hot water cylinder, cold water tank that feeds the current shower and the hot water cylinder. These tanks are on the floor upstairs from the bathroom.

Been told that to have a mixer shower we need one with a pump due to water pressure (lack of) between the tank and the shower.

I am now looking at “digital” showers with the temperature controller where you can set profiles, schedules etc.

I would like to know whether there will be significant electrical work involved in replacing this electric shower with the proposed digital shower.

  • I’m assuming the “controller” for the shower still requires the electrical connection? (Mains voltage – this is in the UK so 240V)
  • as such, do I still need the “isolator” string pull?
  • can anyone give an easy to understand explanation of how the “digital” shower does its thing?
  • if the current electrical connection for the shower is redundant, does it need to be “closed off” in some way?

As said above I am getting a professional involved not intending to do it myself, but would like to be somewhat ‘in the know’ when I speak to them!

NB: there is already hot and cold water to the bathroom for the sink and existing bath (which has the shower over it and will be replaced by just a shower cubicle). The cold water taps come off the mains feed (1 floor below) rather than the cold tank.

2 Answers

These may be the type of valve for your application thermostatic mixing valves for shower. They come with a diverter for switching between tub and shower, and some may be without a diverter. Since you already have valves on the tub it is not clear to me which kind would be best for your situation.

EDIT I believe that you would be required to remove the wires that powered the electric shower head.

Answered by Jim Stewart on October 2, 2020

A digitally controlled electric water heater may be the cheapest option, the same mains electrical feed would be used. When there is water flow the heater adjusts the flow to maintain a preset temperature. I have a small 30 amp 240v electric that works this way we need a fair flow so we set it to the minimum temp we want to bathe our show horses ( it takes a lot of water to wash a horse).

Answered by Ed Beal on October 2, 2020

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