Power shower electrics | One for a qualified sparky / plumber?

[riiidaa]

One for a qualified sparky / plumber I feel...

In the ground floor extension to the side of the family home, I have a shower room, it currently has an electric shower of sorts, it is one that just uses electrickery to push the water out with some urgency, doesn't heat the water, so is reliant on the tank in the upstairs airing cupboard / immersion heater.

It's not the best setup and is better than the non-electric predecessor shower, but it's getting noisy and I think it's the impeller that's going to fail.

Now the shower run's off a domestic cable and not whatever the big juicy cable is that you have to use on a proper power shower. My dad tells me there is no legal way to run such a cable from the fusebox to where the ground floor shower is.

I've drawn a really really crude sketch of the jist of the ground floor layout, is there a way of doing it that would comply with current regs?

[Danwrx]

I'm not a plumber mate sorry. But I got to say I love the drawing, especially the "where I'm sat now" part haha. I could show this to a mate tomorrow who's a plumber though so if no one else gets back to you I'll ask him tomorrow for you.

[harvey05]

I fit kitchens and bathrooms and you can run a 6mm cable we tend to run it throw coving or pu it in plastic conduit. (dont no if thats how you spell it) As long as it water tight and out of harms way you should be fine . pm me and i can send you a number of a good sparkey

[riiidaa]

thanx guys

[BIG"E"]

This could be a job for CJ..

[C. J.]

It's a power shower not a electric shower so only needs a 5amp supply .
1.5mm cable is enough but a 2.5 mm is what I'd run .
It can be taken as a spur from the existing ring main

[harvey05]

I was thinking he wonted to fit a power shower

[riiidaa]

i want a shower that:

A: doesn't need mains pressure
B: will heat the water up

[riiidaa]

ok, so i have a power shower (confirmed), and was mistaken - thanks CJ

consensus seems to be that the setup already installed is better than an electric shower that would heat the water. I have my reservations but apparently the flow rate on an electric shower is far inferior..?

the watermill osprey II 4500t allegedly pushes out 12l/per min but as i said it is noisy and shower doctor who seem to have bought all remaining parts for it don't have any replacement pumps

[harvey05]

it just a replace job then just try to get one as close to the one you have

[riiidaa]

if i had my way id have both bastards installed side by side, i dont like cold showers lol