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Thanks for the advice. It does feed a hot water cylinder. What kind of fixings if I were to drill into the brickwork? Also, any recommendations on timber/joist size? The tank is 800x500x500 approx so reckon it is atound the 150 ltr mark. Cheers, D.

Thread moved. My bad! Thoughts anyone?

Hi all. Quick question. I have a black plastic domestic water tank sitting on top of a structure that holds an old steel watertank that the black plastic one has replaced. I want to leave the black plastic one in situ by building a support structure and pulling the old tank and structure out...

Well, Electrican just left. Turns out that the socket and shower had stopped working due to a broken cable. Had been wired with lighting cable. Also, to make matters more intersting he ran the boiler and shower together (which I had not done for a long time) and of course no fuse blowing...

yeah, you're probably right. i think the house has been wired poorly. all that stuff is def on the same circuit rated at 30 amp(kitchen/bathroom/utility sockets plus boiler etc). another ciruit (30amp) for the living room sockets and a 30amp for the cooker which is prob a bit small for it...

thanks folks, no certificates a it was a mate (plumber/boiler engineer) who swapped the appliances. strange thing was that before they were switched the fuse was blowing everytime the power was switched on at the board. it only seems to blow now when both are on at the same time...

Thanks for the replies, The shower is a power shower, not heated (Mira event XS non thermostatic). Appliance power supply – 230–240 V, 50 Hz, fused at 3 Amps, via a double pole switched fused connection unit (not supplied) with a minimum 3 mm contact separation in each pole. The...

Hi folks, A 30 amp fuse on my consumer board keeps blowing when both the boiler (oil fired) and power shower are switched on at the same time. The fuse does not blow when the devices are used independently. Both the burner on the boiler and shower are newly fitted devices. Any suggestions?