Hi,
My current shower is electric with a cold-water only feed and is
getting rather old. I think it is 7.5 Kw but I'm not 100% sure. We
are finding that at this time of year it is barely able to heat the
water to an acceptable temperature. We have very good mains pressure
and usually have to reduce this by running a tap at the same time as
the shower in order to give the unit time to heat the water before it
leaves the heat echanger. I am thinking about replacing it but if I do
this it would have to be like for like at the moment. By that, I don't
mean I want to replace one poor shower with another but if I do replace
it now, then the new one will also have to be electric cold-feed only.
I know people will want to try and convince me about Mixer showers and
Venturi showers but I haven't got the time to start messing around with
the plumbing at the moment. I want to take the old unit off the wall
and put a new unit in its place, otherwise the job will have to wait
for a while and we put up with cold showers.

So the question is, can anybody recommend any reasonably priced
electric cold-feed only showers which might be able to cope better than
the one we have now? I was thinking that a higher wattage shower might
have a better chance of heating the very cold water before sending it
to the showerhead. B&Q currently have a 9.5 Kw Gainsborough at =A364.98
or a 10.5 KW Gainsborough at =A389.00. Are either of these any good or
should I avoid them like the plague ? I don't mind spending more if I
have to, the momey will not be waster as whatever I install now will
almost certainly be moved into the En-suite when I eventually get
around to building it.

TIA.

Kevin.