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Thanks for all the advice. It sounds as though replacing just part of the cable with 6sqmm and a junction box is an option, as is replacing the whole lot with 10sqmm. The latter involves me messing with the CU, but presumably as long as I'm not an idiot and am careful, then this should be...

But I'd be changing a 6sqmm with a 10sqmm. Doesn't that qualify as a change needing notifcation?

Great thanks. I was wrong about the 10sqmm T & E cable though - it's 6. Run is 16 meters, shower is 8.5 Kw. On a 40A mcb RCD protected. Run breakdown: - 5 meters in loft, lying over (but in contact with) insulation. If I replace the cable I could probably make it so it doesn't touch...

Title says it all really. Was in shower yesterday, and it just stopped (luckily at an OK point in the wash routine - OK TMI). Lights on the unit dead, but hadn't tripped the consumer unit shower circuit. After isolating the circuit, and doing a little investigation, it looks like the pull...