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Could be a flow valve problem. I recall Mira had an issue with a batch of faulty flow valves, but the main symptom was that the shower howled like a banshee when it was turned on. Is your shower making any unusual noises?

They should be (a) within 150 mm from the top of the wall or partition, or (b) within 150 mm of an angle formed by two adjoining walls or partitions, or (c) either horizontally or vertically, to the point, accessory or switchgear on the surface of the wall or partition, to which the cable...

The wiring? No. Circuit protection? It is possible that over-heating of the element may eventually break down the insulation around it sufficiently to cause a leakage of current to earth. This may trip an RCD, but I would not rely on that. The answer? Buy a kettle with inbuilt boil-dry...

At last! A clear example of light touch public administration in action. Bring it on…:D

I think that’s because So you have a spur taken from a junction box under the floor. I guess only the earth wire in the spur cable was touching the live, which will only affect the socket at the end of the spur and anything plugged into it. The earth in the spur was "floating" at mains...

A few points occur to me 1. The OP is lucky to be alive. 2. This is a sound argument for RCD protection. 3. I wonder what other electrical horrors are lurking under his floorboards.

How about using one of these :?:

Yes That should be fine. It's the bare earth wire in the middle you need to extract and use. Remember to cover with green / yellow sleeving :wink:

Do that, and then fit a short earth "flylead" between the earth connector on the switch plate and the earth connector on the back box. Cover with green / yellow sleeving.

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That's nice. Who did that? Sounds like 3 core SWA. The convention is, with single phase SWA, to sleeve black cable with green and yellow and use it as the protective conductor. The grey is sleeved blue and used as the neutral conductor. The brown is the phase (live) conductor. So...

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Use grey and festoon your installation with these attractive stickers

I think Oharaf was having a blond moment :wink: OP, you might get away with 6mm for your new 8.5kw shower but suggest you upgrade to 10mm to take care of any correction factors and future proofing. You have indicated you will be employing an electrician for this work, and he will calculate...