thermostatic V digital showers..

[sara3]

can someone tell me the difference please?

thank you kindly :o)

[Lil O'lady]

I think, thermostatic showers have a kind of sealed valve inside which regulates the temperature by opening and shutting the cold and hot flow. Digital showers must use electrickery to achieve a similar result.
I installed a thermostatic shower recently all on my little own so it can't be that hard to do. Works like a dream. I must say the instructions looked daunting but when you got down to it it was dead simple.

[sara3]

thanks Lil O'lady. the digital ones are much dearer so I assumed they were a bit more spectacular (as showers go!)

[ChuckFickens]

There is not actually that much difference between them, they both do the same thing in much the same way, the only difference is the water temp on a digital one is controlled by a little 'puter and electronic valves, on a thermostatic one the water temp is controlled by manual valves operated by a manual thermostat and springs.

the digital one will probably look flashier and may have a digital display to set the water temp and will cost about twice as much.

[sara3]

thank you Chuckie. is the digital one more likely to develop faults? and it needs to be connected to the electricity, I assume? (that was a stupid one, huh?)