On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 22:56:50 GMT, quisquiliae
wrote:

wrote:
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

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 £64.98

I also have this problem. The big problem is that the wiring feeding my
20 year old Triton T80 won't take a higher load.
I considered rewiring but that is just too much trouble in a flat. So
I've decided I may as well install a gas combi instead. (May as well
replace the 20 yr old boiler before it fails catastrophicaly one day.

When you remove your 20 year old T80 could I have it as spares for my
15 year old one please ;-)

Mind you, the last time it went wrong I got a new part straight from
Triton?

As posted already it does run out of 'ooommpf' in the coldest weather
but is still pretty stable temperature wise and serves it's purpose
(heating water to allow us to wash) pretty well.

All the best ..

T i m