13 amp Socket off Shower switch
- Thread starter BazP
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No not if its connected to your shower. Unlike a cooker which has a varying load a shower is more or less a constant load.I have seen a FCU spurred of a shower to supply an extractor fan, but thats a fixed and very small additional load.
What do you want to plug into the socket?
Regards,
DS
What do you want to plug into the socket?
Regards,
DS
Are you sure about those sizes - 10mm cable and a 32A circuit breaker would be a very unusual choice, and is not suitable for the majority of modern showers.
As for the cooker switch/socket - if probably could depending on the shower rating.
However refer also to the picture below:
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As has been implied, that's a problem. The 10mm² cable is fine for a 10.5 kW shower, but that shower will probably take about 43.75A (assuming it's 10,5kW at 240V), and that's far too much for a B32 (i.e. 32A) breaker - it should be a B45 or B50. You need to get that sorted out.
Kind Regards, John
Electric shower circuits should be left to electric shower only. Your best option would be to extend or spur off an existing socket circuit. There could also be a requirement to protect new cable/socket with 30mA RCD protection if the circuit being extended/spurred does not already have this protection.
And law would expect you to prove the work you are doing and completing is safe.
And law would expect you to prove the work you are doing and completing is safe.
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