Electrician Jobs Electric shower trips after 5 minutes

[Deleted member 111795]

Installation certificate? You're joking right?

It did appear a lot of "cosmetic" changes were made in a hurry before they bought it.

Thank you all so much for your time and knowledge helping us.

I'm going to email @SparkyChick now and review my profile settings - defaults I haven't looked at changing.

 

[telectrix]

landlord needs to upgrade that CU and retire it to the nursing home for old and knackered equipment. it will then be able to swap reminisces with me and pete 999.

 

[Deleted member 111795]

The suspence must be killing you lot waiting to hear the outcome.

Here's a little update so far...

@SparkyChick sent me a fantastic email; thorough and detailed; more than I could have hoped for. I'm torn between asking her to do the work and going with her suggestion to replace the shower with a combi boiler mixed shower. The combi boiler is on the wall outside the bathroom so it could not be more convenient really. I've arranged for my daughter to get a quote and then we'll see just how much more that'll cost than the cable replacement, and new consumer unit.

Meanwhile events have taken over with my son off to uni tomorrow and work being 10-12 hour days (if only they paid overtime!).

I'll be back when there's more to report.

 

[SparkyChick]

The suspence must be killing you lot waiting to hear the outcome.

Here's a little update so far...

@SparkyChick sent me a fantastic email; thorough and detailed; more than I could have hoped for. I'm torn between asking her to do the work and going with her suggestion to replace the shower with a combi boiler mixed shower. The combi boiler is on the wall outside the bathroom so it could not be more convenient really. I've arranged for my daughter to get a quote and then we'll see just how much more that'll cost than the cable replacement, and new consumer unit.

Meanwhile events have taken over with my son off to uni tomorrow and work being 10-12 hour days (if only they paid overtime!).

I'll be back when there's more to report.

And to clarify for you lot... I didn't suggest replacing the whole consumer unit at this juncture (although that is an option). Just a small shower CU to provide an adequate OCPD and the required RCD protection.

 

[Deleted member 111795]

I can't possibly thank @SparkyChick enough for her help. She went into a lot of detail in her long email to me, explaining the options and issues.

Thanks to her suggestion and outlined costs, my daughter has decided to disable the electric shower and simply fit new bath taps with an integrated shower hose.

I've written to @SparkyChick privately as well to thank her but I'd also like to thank everyone else who offered help here and recommended her.

T H A N K Y O U​

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

So the final word is @SparkyChick should get forum member of the year award for being most helpful and going beyond what is expected of her to help a visitor to the forum. She didnt do the hard sell either.
Maybe we should do end of year forum awards for a laugh?

 

['mr2'gd4u]

So the final word is @SparkyChick should get forum member of the year award for being most helpful and going beyond what is expected of her to help a visitor to the forum. She didnt do the hard sell either.
Maybe we should do end of year forum awards for a laugh?

Stop arse licking

 

[Baddegg]

So the final word is @SparkyChick should get forum member of the year award for being most helpful and going beyond what is expected of her to help a visitor to the forum. She didnt do the hard sell either.
Maybe we should do end of year forum awards for a laugh?

Gets my vote gavin, She’s just spent an hour telling an idiot (me) how to use the forum properly, thanks SC!

 

[SparkyChick]

@Baddegg - Like I said in PM... I've done the same thing from time to time, just not thinking about it

@Gavin John Hyde - Thanks Never go for the hard sell, just lay out the options and let the customer decide