Electric Shower Deals & Offers

Granted a different model but Screwfix do a 10.5Kw Triton for under £59

Showing £194.99 for me!

Was this price, just left page and then went back and it is now over £200 again ... 😥

And cold I would hope. (y)

The units are made by redring and they kinda suck they frequently leak from the o ring in the internal filter and when a small ammount of limescale get in the gap around the power button it constantly gets stuck. The only grohe components are the hose and the shower head. I have two of them which i bought after seeing a which? Product review - I regret my decision. Not bad for the price at £73. But definatly not worth a premium price over any other brands.

I believe you require 10mm cable for this. I still have 6mm so can't install anything over 8.5KW

Hot for sure!

Grohe is a top brand - though they presumably contracted out the manufacture of this, albeit to their spec Quite a steal of a price.

Thanks for posting this. Just replaced my broken Mira Sport for a Mira Sprint 9.5kw. B&Q beat the Argos price by 10%. Paid £92.69

You're right. I've corrected it now. Thanks for pointing that out. 😊

This is a Mira sprint not sport. 🤔

I've added the B&Q link to the main thread and included the Argos link in the description. :)

Can you give direct link please. Can't find it on either argos or b&q

Got delivered today

Mine arrived today ordered Thursday evening also Enrich ..black too

Arrived this morning. Enrich model (not cara) but photo looks the same. Happy days. Ordered within 10 mins of the deal being posted.

Just had call from b and q, claimed there was a glitch on the system and they have no stock so order cancelled....

Hi, I have that but when you log in to your B&Q account is the order still showing?

Must have been hot, or just a quick shower. For any one after a good cheap one there is a Triton 9.5kw one for £42.41... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Triton-Seville-9-5kW-Electric-Shower/dp/B0035549XG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 Just spotted it went hot a few days ago... https://www.hotukdeals.com/thread/2815880/new-comments

wow that didn't last long! Must have only been one in stock

OOS but would've been well decent

You don't understand.

uk voltages are 230 +10% or -6% so within 216.2volts - 253volts . Under normal conditions I have seen 257 volts which was reported to local DNO and lowest I have seen is 223 volts . but when there's a phase down to a transformer I have seen it as low as 166v which drives electrical stuff mad.

You and your mates and your neighbours and your work colleagues can check with a multimeter and I can almost guarantee you will all be getting supplied at 240v or 415v if on a 3 phase supply

I'm afraid you are wrong there: all UK households are supplied with 220v-240v harmonised voltage for single phase supplies, that means the power companies can legally provide power within that range of voltages. If course one has to take the lowest voltage (and hence the highest current) because that is what can happen - my calculation was nothing to do with erring on the side of caution.

You speaketh perfect sense apart from the 220v, in the UK most households will almost definitely be supplied @ 240v which is less than 40A for a 9.5kw. That said, always best to err on the side of caution.

Yeah the price seems to vary quite a bit online. I'm still pretty sure I picked this up about £100 cheaper than anywhere else. It's a nice looking shower, but i'm amazed they sell it for over £300!

its £329 at VERY

Just got one thank you

Is anybody else struggling to checkout on the Wickes website? Just getting repeated 404 errors...

Thanks!

Well said "othen". You can't just say 6mm cable can take 47 amps and is fine for an 8.5 kW shower. There are more factors to take into account such as where and how the cable is routed to the shower unit. Seek advice before you burn your house down or kill yourself! There is also no way this would work on a lighting circuit and I'm sure it was a joke!

The current carrying capacity of 6mm^2 is 39A (see Table 4F1A), which means a B32 MCB, which would not be sufficient for a 8.5kW appliance (37A) - that is the regulation, but saying that would a 6mm cable and a 32A MCB work? Almost certainly, but the main factors would probably be a. Voltage drop (lower potential difference at the shower means higher current in the wire, and hence a bigger heating effect) b. Thermal insulation (the figures in the book are for direct clipped cable in air - if it is running through 10m of insulation the situation will be very different). I'd rather that electric showers were not available to the public at all because they look so easy to fit or change, and most DiYers have no idea about voltage drop/current carrying capacity/over current protection/fault protection - and as a consequence I see a shocker (sorry for the pun) every now and then. The biggest danger is where someone fits a more powerful (particularly 10.5 kW - drawing 46A, or more if there is significant voltage drop) to replace a 7kW appliance connected to a 6mm^2 cable (I've even seen 4mm^2 cable). Sometimes the MCB has been changed for a larger one because it kept tripping (for what reason I wonder?) without the DiYer realising the cable then had no over current protection. I know it always says on the packet that the shower should be fitted by an electrician, and that new installations are notifiable, but that does not stop people doing the above to save a hundred pounds or so (and risking a fire).

6mm Cable can take up to 47 amps and is fine for a 8.5kw shower.

Yeah definitely not safe, standard lighting cable normally 1.5mm cores and main supply cable 2.5mm cores. Hope just a joke if not I'd suggest taking it out now.

who knew, indeed

It's now £49.99

Bargain,have 2 Triton showers which are at least 10 years old.

Cheap

good find op, heat added

£129.00

good price for triton

No it's Brexit

Discontinued? They still manufacture it and is part of their current range. Probably a revision 8 years ago. Cheaper 8 years ago? Bloody hell, is this that inflation thing they speak of.

This appears to be a very old shower that was discontinued over 8 years ago.....and it was cheaper then....lol https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/10-5kw-triton-martinique-electric-shower-150422

Yea we get it, £10 off a £50 spend :p

gutted ....missed such a great deal

​what electric shower do you recommend then

Heat added, just bought as my old shower is on its way out and probably about to cause a fire!

This model is exactly the same as an Opal 2 model - they've just tarted up the front case and shower head a bit. Really quite simple to switch if you know how to isolate the power and the water. If you don't (or if you're feeling particularly lazy, you could just swap out the control board (with the solenoid) from your old Opal with the one in this. Nothing more than a few screws and crimped spade connectors. If you're in any way uncertain about any of this and particularly isolating the power then get a spark in.:)

To be honest I don't know. The shower keeps going hot and cold and my uncle who is a plumber said I need a 9.5kw one.

Agreed!

The thermostatic control in these types of showers just works by reducing or increasing the flow of water to maintain the temperature so yes if you set the same temperature with a higher wattage shower then the water pressure will be greater at the same temperature (of course). Or you can have the same amount coming out at a higher temperature. However (as some others have said) the important thing is that if the cabling is not sufficiently thick then a significant amount to heat will be wasted in the cable, heating it! By significant I mean that in particular the ends connecting to the shower unit itself may melt causing a short circuit. At the ends, the copper connections expand and contract heating and cooling eventually causing sparking and more damage to the cable.I've seen this.

The pressure of the water coming out of the shower head is dictated by the pressure of the incoming water and how fast the shower can heat that water to the selected temperature. If you have an 8KW shower and the water coming out slows down when you turn the heat up, buying a 10KW shower would allow the water to be heated faster and not slow down the water coming out at the same temp..... So the KW can directly affect the pressure of the water coming out of the shower. You also need to factor in that the water temp in winter means more KW are required.

The water coming out will be hotter, kilowatt is power equals heat in this case

A 10.5KW shower need 10mm cabling. You'll get away with standard 6mm on the lower rated versions, but running a 10.5kW shower through 6mm cabling is asking for trouble. While it's unlikely to immediately trip or fail, the cabling will run warmer than it should... at best reducing the lifespan of the cable, at worst causing a fire. Just don't do it.

if buying a shower, make sure you have a look at amazon's lightning deals this week, i picked up a Grohe thermostatic shower currently selling for £318, for £120. There's a few more Grohe's coming up this evening, but all thermostatic, though i'm sure the electric ones will make a reappearance again soon.

74.99 is a good price but the regular price has never been 199.99 (other then maybe when the model came out)

Got one of these in the flat, have to say the pressure is naff, but I've heard this is to be expected with electric showers.

Exactly right :)

My experience with cheap Triton showers is 1. their variety of connects is amazing - meaning its quite easy to find a Triton to replace an existing shower matching existing power/water feeds 2. (the cheap ones at least) are built to JUST last the warranty;

​actually, unless you have a REALLY fancy shower the power going through the heating element(s) will be fixed (the power setting separate to the temperature knob can switch elements off, usually 2, 1 or none). the temperature knob works by varying the flow... the faster it goes the colder the water is as it has less time to heat up (also the element will be cooler as the faster water cools it more). More power means the shower can heat to whatever temp you want in less time hence more pressure at the shower head. Usually the only thermostat will be an overtemperature safety cutout.

Seems like a decent deal, although have had issues with our triton shower with the guy who came to replace the unit the first time we had issues with it claiming that he's experiences a lot of issues with triton showers. Currently we're having the bathroom entirely redone due to the opportunity of it not working the 2nd time with a new shower along with everything else. Ignoring the issues, it felt like a decent shower.

I do myself, I think it's £270 in Tescodirect.

Think the rrp was a bit steep in the 1st place! Looks nice, heat added

Just bought a new shower at screwfix this morning. They have some good deals on Triton at the moment. Got a slinky black number for 65 notes

Good make with plenty of power Nice find :)