Recent content by tadrb

You are absolutely right. I had confused two pipes. The shower _is_ fed from the rising water main. Thanks. Your advice is much appreciated.

Definitely from the tank: I have isolated it using a tap on a pipe coming from (and close to) the tank.

I have bought a Triton Amber 3 electric shower (8.5kW) but I am surprised to see that this has a minimum inlet pressure specification of 1 bar at 8 l/min. This unit is to replace a Triton Ivory II (also 8.5kW) which had operated satisfactorily since 2005. Upon checking, I found that this...

The house was built in about 1965. Lighting rings are twin-core (apart from to two points to which we ran earthing). All other circuits are twin+earth. All insulation is plastic. I have not seen any evidence anywhere of insulation degradation. A neighbour had his house (same age) inspected...

[/url] Yes, it is powered from an unearthed lighting ring. Finding suitable appliances is getting increasing difficult. We gave up looking for ceiling light fittings and ran earth cables. That would be messy in this bathroom owing to tiling. Many thanks for your help.

I have an existing bathroom shaver socket which is broken (no output voltage). The supply has two conductors (i.e. no earth). Ideally, I would like to replace the faceplate/transformer but I cannot find a replacement marked "doubly insulated". Do they exist? Am I now obliged to run an earth...