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B&Q Electric Shower Sale - Gainsborough from £40 (10.5kw - £60)


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We were looking for an inexpensive electric shower for our girls bathroom, checked instore on Saturday and the 10.5 kw at £89 was a pretty good price, we had been looking for a couple of days...went on line Sunday now down to £60...we used ring and reserve and collected today...even rung us on Sunday to say in stock.

They have Gainsborough showers starting at only £40.

Free delivery on orders over £50

Not on Quidco, but according to the cashback maximiser at MSE up to 3% from Cashback Kings, or 2% from TopCashBack.

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12-10-2009, 20:11
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Just ordered one of the £40 Gainsborough's from my local B & Q and went through Quidco - they are offering £2 for a Reserve and Collect per basket, not per item, but only ordered the shower so £38 - result.
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Neat post mate.

Factual. Explicit. Concise. Perfect.

Thanks... I can make use of this cheers
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How can we install it? it seems bit difficult ..
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How can we install it? it seems bit difficult ..
Er... connect to cold water supply, connect to its own earth with grounding rod if necessary, if using a 10kw then you'll need some 16mm cable I think (check) and perhaps you'll need to upgrade the wiring to the external supply to 25mm if not already at that level or above (not sure about UK standards). Install a Safe-T-cut with the right amps (remember physics ?) 10,000/220=45 amps so you'll need a 50 amp Safe-T-cut. Perhaps check your board has a good overall safety.

Of course, get some help if you cannot do it yourself. easy enough for an amateur if it is just a replacement for an existing unit but not so easy if it is a new install.
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Er... connect to cold water supply, connect to its own earth with grounding rod if necessary, if using a 10kw then you'll need some 16mm cable I think (check) and perhaps you'll need to upgrade the wiring to the external supply to 25mm if not already at that level or above (not sure about UK standards). Install a Safe-T-cut with the right amps (remember physics ?) 10,000/220=45 amps so you'll need a 50 amp Safe-T-cut. Perhaps check your board has a good overall safety.

Of course, get some help if you cannot do it yourself. easy enough for an amateur if it is just a replacement for an existing unit but not so easy if it is a new install.
good advice but not all showers are the same.....eg power rating - for some people the shower wont work well at all
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i got this 9.5 KW version installed 2 weeks ago. It's not as powerful as my old shower (which was a 10.5KW version) obviously, but the difference is very noticeable.
Decent enough but not the hottest and flow rate is not great either.

Maybe better for en suite than main bathroom. Good for £40.
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good advice but not all showers are the same.....eg power rating - for some people the shower wont work well at all
Not good acvice in my opinion. Get aen electrician in, there is so much to consider when installing a shower, cable ratings for example.
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I'm sure this is cheap but electric showers are useless. That's not open to debate, it's a hard fact.

You simply cannot heat water quickly enough on a domestic mains electricity supply to provide a good flow rate of water.

In the summer, when the incoming water is warmer, and you might not want such a hot shower they can be just about acceptable. In the winter, they are useless.

The only positive is the fact that you don't need a hot water supply so you can always have a shower.
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what drivel
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humadoon:
How can we install it? it seems bit difficult ..
The fact that you have to ask means you shouldn't go near it with a ten-foot barge pole. Leave it to the experts, get an electrician to install it!
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dont forget that as the bathroom/shower room is a specal location Part-P applys!
IE you need a registerd spark to do the work or you need to inform the councel planning dept and have them inspect the work!
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what drivel
It's not drivel. It's cold hard physics.

Even if an 11kW electric shower were 100% efficient it cannot heat a sufficient volume of water to provide a good shower. It can heat a little bit of water well, and a lot of water poorly.

The choice with an electric shower is ALWAYS heat or flow.
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So we're on economy 7, have a hotwater tank, cold water is direct from mains, there is no pre-existing shower installed.

What type of shower will be best for us?

And typically how much would an electrician charge for installation?

Cheers
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Nice 1, nice debate as well, couple of interesting points,
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