Recent content by steevoOK

I don't think its a wiring fault and your suggestion that the heating element may have powered up would explain why the trip didn't work. I'll take a photo of it tonight.

Cheers for the advice guys. I'm going to try and replace it next week with another Triton.

The house is only 5 years old and its RCD 100A. The switch connected to the shower circuit has NSB40 written on it. I take it this means it takes 40 A to trip it. I never knew a shower could draw so much. In my old house the shower trip switch used to go 2 or 3 times a month just with normal use!

Last weekend I was awoken by a strange noises from the bathroom.When I investigated I was met with a cloud of smoke coming from the shower in the bathroom. I switched off the shower cord(which I always leave on) and removed the front of the shower unit to find the inside totally black and...