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    10mm LSF cable for shower

    Hello all you fine folk and hope you're all keeping well. Having a bit of a dilemma here regarding making off 3x10sq LSF cable for a shower. I'm debating about about whether to use a Crabtree pull chord or to just mount a 2 gang 45/50A shower switch. Shower rating is 9.8kw with cable being...
  2. E

    UK PIR sensors in a shower room

    Can a PIR sensor be fitted on the wall of a shower room
  3. U

    UK Shower pump wired off shower

    Work for a company who sub contracts to the local council and looking for some advice. In the domestic properties the council have wired a shower pump off the load side of the showers in 2.5mm (40A RCBO) which then serves a 13A switched fused spur to feed the shower pump. I am unsure this is ok...
  4. R

    Boosted 7.5kw shower?

    Hi, i am wondering if anyone has any experience with a 7.5-8kw shower that has a pump or some sort of boost internally fitted? Working at a hotel and there is a 9.5kw shower on a 6mm cable quite a distance from the c/u and with insulation likely on top as the isolator switch was melted. I...
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    UK Can a 10mm2 Shower feed and a 1.5mm2 switched live for the lights be in the same wall chase?

    Hi, I'm installing 10mm2 cable into the wall to the loft from the downstairs consumer unit ready for an electrician to terminate both ends. Previously the shower isolator was a switch on the wall but my intentions are to change this switch to a light switch and instead put a pull cord for the...
  6. J

    Electric power shower

    My shower stopped working, As the light on the isolator switch wasn't coming on, I changed the switch. The new switch came on but was very dim? when i switched the shower on it never came on and the dim isolator switch went off anyone know whats going on?
  7. D

    Disconnected neutral wire from shower MCB in CU

    Good evening! Recently, after a friend’s shower stopped working, an electrician allegedly disconnected the neutral wire inside the CU, to make the shower safe and isolate the circuit. Subsequently another electrician on visiting the house, unaware of this method (if it even exists!?) concluded...
  8. newfutile

    Shower priority units

    One of our contractors has identified a concern with multiple showers on a single 100 amp supply.(unsure how many yet i have asked for further infomation) They have asked our company for a solution (which means me!). Other than getting a 3 phase supply in the only other way is a shower priority...
  9. U

    Mains power to electric shower only 0.6v???

    90s house electric issues continues 🥲 So after getting some good advice here I've managed to sort out some of the heating issues so thank you for that everyone 🙏 I'm seem to have a few bugs and keep chasing problems So my current issue is downstairs shower only has hot water with no...
  10. J

    Mira decor shower not working.

    Hi everyone My mira power electric shower is not doing anything when i press the power button. There is no led lights to check on the unit to check if the shower unit itself has power. But the pull cord switch red led is on. Any tips on what this could be? Thanks
  11. M

    UK How much should I charge to remove a electric shower and fit a new one

    Hi everyone just joined the site Iam a trainee electrician currently have my 18th edition and doing my level 2/3 diploma I have been working with a electrician for the last few years so have some experience I do struggle with pricing jobs and feel I tend to under cut myself and would...
  12. Bob Geldoff1234

    UK Shower switches burning

    I have just been called out to another burning shower switch.Upon removal the wires had been burnt and chared.One thing I've noticed on all burnt shower switches is that the stranded wires haven't been twisted and just put in straight.I always twist the standed cables to make one solid conductor...
  13. F

    Small caravan site: Walk in freezer converter to toilet/shower room

    Hi, I have a client with a small caravan site, approx 5 hookups. His old toilet block was nothing much more than an old shed. He's now 'upgraded' to using an old walk-in freezer, no wheels, but was just lifted onto blocks from a trailer. He has kitted it out with 4 toilets and one shower which...
  14. R

    Pump wired in 2.5mm on a shower circuit 10mm on Type B 40 acceptable ?

    Good evening all, I’m currently part way through my apprenticeship and we are working on IB, IN, IZ and IT and volt drop today. And it got me thinking I have seen a circumstance at work, where: A shower has been wired in 10mm T+E on a 40A breaker. But then from the shower isolator switch a 2.5mm...
  15. P

    Mira Platinum Dual Shower

    Hi all, have an issue with our Mira platinum dual shower, the water flow stopped last week whilst in use and the wireless control unit showed the out of range symbol. Have tried resetting, reconnecting and power cycling but the control unit is still out of range. Have had a plumber out who has...
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    LV Light in Shower?

    I have some 12VDC LED fixtures that I would like to put in the ceiling of our showers. My thinking is that I would run some 14/2 from the main light fixture to a utility box where I would have a 12VDC power supply for the light. Can anyone think of any potential issues with the local...
  17. Pretty Mouth

    What code? Shower switch in zone 2

    A pull-cord shower switch is located in Zone 2 of a bathroom, including the ceiling base containing the electrical connections. With a little effort it may be possible to get spray from the shower onto the base. I assume this is a C2, but wondered if anyone here might give it a C3, based on it...
  18. F

    Triton T80GSI Electric Shower With Equiopotential Bonding

    Hello, I have a customer who is looking to replace their electric shower. There is equipotential bonding connected to the cold feed. I’ve not seen it within an electric shower before. I was wondering if it has to stay or if it can be removed? The customer is considering changing the model of...
  19. B

    Help! - Shower Pull Switch, wires too short!

    Hi, The shower pull chord switch has snapped at my mom’s home and having unscrewed the switch I discovered a horror show(see pic). So I’ve had cut the wires back to clean them up but having done so it’s left me with nothing reasonable to wire up the new switch. There’s nothing left on the...
  20. L

    Triton shower isolator switch

    I have an 8.5kw Triton Excite Plus shower, could there be a reason that it has been installed with a 50amp isolator switch, & not 40amp which Google suggests would be the compatible for a 8.5kw shower ?

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