power supply for power shower

Hi, thanks for any replies you may give

I'm going to install a power shower - I have a 'proper plumber man' to do the wet bits but am doing the electrics myself - are there any websites out there with helpful diagrams? I'd like information on the conduit (which I'll be putting behind plaster and tiles) and the actual connection to the unit. The instructions with the shower are rubbish.

Thanks again.

power shower only requires power for the pump, where is your man putting the pump?

The pump is part of the shower unit itself so will be 'in' the shower (above the bath). It's a Triton Thermostatic Power Shower - similar to the as2000xt - http://www.bathroomskitchens.co.uk/view_product.php?id=233

Thanks.


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This can be a fused spur off the ring, but you would be well advised to make it RCD protected. Cable in oval conduit would be best, to fused spur outside the zones. Look in 'for reference' and also be aware tht under part P such work is notifiable.

Thanks.

Forgot about the new regs.

Maybe I'll get a 'proper electric man' in for the electric stuff. I'd still like to put the conduit in though - is there anything more to it than digging out some plaster, putting in the conduit and then tiling over it?

Thanks again.

so long as its vertical, and access to both ends not really

thanks

Forgot about the new regs.

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As I'm sure will lots of people for many years to come, unless its not their building or they are thinking of moving house in the very near future. As for the council, to act, a complaint has to have been received within a year of completion of the work, and I can see many people, who will probably not 'shop' themselves, simply 'not remembering' to notify, and then making sure that by they sell the house on the paper trail has gone cold. Even the approved schemes only say the electrician must keep his copy of the the records for 3 years.
However, while I would be very wrong to advise you to break the law, but given the police can't find 1 in 8 of us who are uninsured motorists until after they crash into something, at least according to something I read the other day, I strongly suspect there will only ever be actions taken against really dangerous repeat offendors, who actually jeapordise the public..
Certainly I wont lose much sleep if I sometime find I have to move or change the odd wire because the new bathroom light is a different shape, though of course the work will be to regs (but it always was anyway.)

thanks for that - well (and amusingly) put. Maybe I will have a go...

whoever does it, do make the conduit you fit rather bigger than you think you need, it can be fun to thread up all but the shortest lengths once in situ.
the recommndation is no more than 50% filling factor unless special dertaing is performed. Spend some time reading the section on bathroom installations and permited zones etc in the reference section, so you can sound intelligent when negotiating with potential electricians.