Recent content by quanna

Thanks flyingsparks, i guess i need an electrician to have a look anyway - something i was hoping to avoid... Only 'cus of the cost...

OK - thanks all - I'll get a quote for this work ! (just what I didn't need right after Christmas!) Thanks though !

****e ! ...so you recommend effectively re-wiring that whole cable run - from shower to fusebox? That sounds expensive...

I was thinking of using plastic connectors - teh ones with a screw either side to clamp the red, black and earth wires either side? This would then be pushed back into the cavity behind the shower?

Hi Spark123 - blimey that was a quick response thanks! I was trying to fit a replacement new shower - the old one was not heating the water properly. The cable I drilled through presumably leads all the way behind the tiles and plaster in the bathroom, then through conduit to the fusebox where...

the power was off and isolated when i drilled through the cable supplying power to my 9.5kw shower. I think I damaged the black cable within the larger grey covered cable - but I couldn't see properly because the grey cable was covering the damaged area. I wrapped some insulation tape around the...