Electric Showers

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An electric shower, while money-saving and good for the planet because it uses less energy than a water heater, might also be considered a luxury item by many people.  Wouldn't it feel like a luxury to be able to have a hot shower that stays hot, anytime?  

 

Of course, you can take a hot shower now, but if someone just took a shower within the last few minutes, your water's probably not going to be quite as hot as theirs.  And as you shower, the water will get less and less hot, thanks to the cold water flooding into the tank. If your water heater is getting old and inefficient, or it breaks down completely, all hot showers will be put on hold until it's repaired or replaced.  With an electric shower, however, none of those things matter.  You can take a hot shower any time, whether you even have a hot water heater, or whether everyone in your family has had a shower in the last 20 minutes!

 

An electric shower is basically a shower head with its own heating element.  It doesn't store hot water, it heats the water as the pressure from you water main pushed it through the shower head.  It doesn't require much room (where your shower head is now will be just fine) and isn't difficult to install, so you won't have to wait for days while service people are milling in and out of your bathroom getting it set up.

 

Two of the most popular brands of electric showers are Triton and Mira, with each company offering their shower heads in a wide variety of styles to fit your bathroom scheme and décor, while offering top quality performance in a variety of prices to suit your budget. A basic electric shower will probably cost around 100 pounds, or $150 dollars, which is much more expensive that a typical shower head but will pay for itself in energy savings quite quickly.

 

Even with the added cost of installation, which depends on your local labor rates for plumbers and/or electricians, you'll save money in the end by owning an electric shower.  If you're very experienced in both plumbing and wiring, you could attempt to install your electric shower yourself.  The plumbing is very straightforward since the electric shower head needs only connect to the cold water supply.  But the electrical portion of the installation can be tricky, and is best left to an electrician or to someone with experience installing electric showers specifically.

 

One of the chief complaints about electric showers is that they're not as powerful as a regular shower, and this can be true. Electric showers don't use a pump, so the pressure of the water depends on the pressure from your water main.  If you have excellent water pressure, you probably won't notice a difference with an electric shower.  But if you're used to a power shower head, you might be disappointed, until you feel the benefit of a shower that's hot anytime, from start to finish. Today, you can purchase an electric power shower which has a stronger pump to ensure higher pressure.