Hi people
I am not a diy'er or an electrician but i am learning as i go.
I have just had a new bathroom fitted and an electric shower installed by my friend a qualified electrician. He used 10mm cable and fitted me a pullcord switch in the bathroom.
I bought a 10.5kw triton shower as reccomended on some websites but when my sparky came to wire it in to my consumer unit we ran into some problems.
I have a wylex NB 100amp consumer unit and ive now found you cant by 50amp breakers for this unit.
My electrician says i need a 50 amp breaker but my plumber says a 40 amp will do. I asked for a second opinion from another electrician friend who said a 40 amp breaker should 'hold it'???
So what do you guys reccomend - should i buy a 40 amp breaker and see how it goes?
My electrician said he could adapt my consumer unit to fit a different type of 50 amp breaker (a type NSB rather than NB which doesnt fit otherwise) but this sounds like a risk job to me??
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Cheers
I am not a diy'er or an electrician but i am learning as i go.
I have just had a new bathroom fitted and an electric shower installed by my friend a qualified electrician. He used 10mm cable and fitted me a pullcord switch in the bathroom.
I bought a 10.5kw triton shower as reccomended on some websites but when my sparky came to wire it in to my consumer unit we ran into some problems.
I have a wylex NB 100amp consumer unit and ive now found you cant by 50amp breakers for this unit.
My electrician says i need a 50 amp breaker but my plumber says a 40 amp will do. I asked for a second opinion from another electrician friend who said a 40 amp breaker should 'hold it'???
So what do you guys reccomend - should i buy a 40 amp breaker and see how it goes?
My electrician said he could adapt my consumer unit to fit a different type of 50 amp breaker (a type NSB rather than NB which doesnt fit otherwise) but this sounds like a risk job to me??
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Cheers