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    earth bonding in shower room.

    Hi everyone ,thanks for letting me join. A little about myself first, only do part time work now as getting to that age 60+;) been in the trade for 3o+ years doing contracting ,council,shop fitting and factories. Yes there has been a lot of changers since i was on the tools, some good and some...
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    • bonding earth room shower
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    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
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    Spa bath and digital shower wiring and costs

    Hi everyone, We’re going to have our bathroom refitted in the very near future and we’ve decided we’d like a spa bath and a digital shower (not pumped but digitally controlled) Bath: Aquaestil Plane Solo 14 Jet Whirlpool Bath -...
    • RDarko
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    • bath bathroom bathroom electrics costs digital shower spa wiring
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Cable size to electric shower

    I have a customer whose electric shower has stopped working. It has previously been working fine for a couple of years. No problems before hand, no faults on the board or tripping out. upon inspection it looks like the supply cable is undersized. He’s asked me if this would have caused the...
    • FsSolutions
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    • cable cable size electric shower size
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Shower Problem

    Has anyone had this experience or could offer advice please? I have a 9.5Kw shower, it is fed from the DB in 10mm T&E, a run of approximately 4mtrs to a pull switch then around 3mtrs to the shower. It is protected by a 40amp MCB (I know its close but has never tripped) on the RCD side of a split...
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    Help with our debate please on eicr Coding

    Carrying out an eicr and the electric shower casing is cracked on top. My colleague says c3.... I say c2.
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    Is an accessible switch not necessary?

    Recently the isolation switch of our shower broke, the electrician who came over to fix it have removed the switch completely and have directly connected the shower to the circuit breaker instead the box(red arrow). According to Installation and operating instructions by the manufacturer I have...
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    Burnt out pull cord to electric shower

    Hello everyone, I have recently had a bathroom refurb in our new house as it had no bathroom fitted before. I have a 8.5kw electric shower that is isolated by a 45 amp pull cord. The shower stopped working so I had an electrician come and have a look and the pull cord wires are completely black...
    • Sammw123
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    • burnt cord electric out pull pull cord shower
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Shower circuit design supplies

    Hi all Question regarding shower circuit designs. How so many times I see 6mm t&e cables supplying shower circuits on a 40amp MCB ? So for example if you were carrying out a EICR and you noticed a 6mm t&e cable on a 40amp MCB, 8.5kw/9kw shower would you put this down as a C3 or would you not...
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    Creda Advantage 550C No Power?

    Evening Guys, A little bit of advice if that's ok, We have a Creda Advantage 550C model shower was working fine earlier today, gone to use it this evening and its just not working. there is power to the breaker (pull cord) but when i press the buttons they click but nothing?? I know its not...
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    Should a shower isolator have a flickering dim light when off?

    Hi, I'm not an electrician, but wanted to ask for some professional opinions. My parent's shower isolator stopped working, so they enlisted the help of someone who they say is a 'qualified electrician'... Anyway, the neon is flickering when in the off position, and a brighter (non-flickering)...
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    Is what I've done any good/safe?

    Hi everyone, I've come here as a DIYer asking for professional advice/opinion. I have an 8.5KW shower on a 6mm cable and a 40amp MCB. The shower works fine........for about 8 minutes! It invariably trips out. Sometimes it lasts 6 minutes, sometimes it lasts 10. I was considering changing the...
    • Tibbyltd
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    • mcb safe shower trip wire
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    UK Shower isolator

    Quick question... Is there any requirement to have an isolator for an electric shower in the room or immediately outside?
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    Has the correct shower been fitted?

    Hi...a bathroom company has fitted an electric shower 9.8kw, we have just found out our cable is 6mm. They had a plumber and a chap who was not a qualified electrician do the first fix of fitting the shower and also putting in down lights in the ceiling and they got an electrician to 2nd fix. We...
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    UK xpelair simply silent illumi shower fan complete

    Hi, buying simply silent illumi shower fan complete . Electrician says there is no connections via ceiling rose. Can it be connected through ring main. Thanks
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    Electric Shower Problem

    My Mira Sport 9.0 J92B is having a problem whereby it is difficult to regulate, i.e. it's sensitive to a small turn of the knob making it either too cold or too hot. Is this a known problem and can it be fixed or are we at the end of it's life? Thanks for any help Steve
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    8.5kw shower install

    Got called out to a shower tripping which has been recently installed by another spark. 8.5kw shower newly installed on existing 6mm2LSF cable not longer than 10m from single phase DB. Protected by a 40A RCBO Type B (shower current Calculated at 36.95A @ 230v) when clamped shower was pulling...
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    UK Inspection Report, Electric Shower, Merlin Gerin and Schneider MCBs

    Hello, We live in an old stone built ground floor flat, built in the 1880s. Obviously the consumer unit and cabling has been updated a number of times over the years by previous owners. One being the Local Authority who owned the property back in the 1960s -70s. We have lived here for 25 years...
    • Iain Stewart
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    • electric inspection mcb mcbs merlin schneider shower
    • Replies: 94
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Safety Concerns Over a Shower Upgrade??

    Hi Folks, Not been on here for a while, but something came up the other day that has me concerned to the point I thought I would ask here. A good friend asked me if I would connect up a new electric shower for him. This is an older gent, a farmer, and as much I like to look out for him and his...
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    Mira shower low flow

    Hi all problem with a Mira shower sport. When the customer uses the shower it starts off fine with flow decent and heat good but cuts off mins later with the low flow light coming on, wait 5/10mins and the shower will come on itself. I’ve checked the power connections all well and good and...
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    Chasing Cables for Shower Advice

    Hi, we are having a shower fitted - the electrician has run the cable vertically over the top of the noggins, meaning when we make the wall good the filler will encompass the 10mm cable he has pinned to them. I'm certain this is not correct, so I'm tempted to retrospectively cut the cabling into...
    • SarahCollen
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    • advice cables chasing shower
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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