Hi,
I am brand new to the forum, and this is my first post so I hope I don't cause to many raised eyebrows with my ignorance.
I bought a house late last year and there is an electric shower pump installed under the bath to boost water pressure to the shower head. The pump developed a leak a few weeks ago and when I removed the bath side panel to investigate the pump did not appear to be safely connected to the electrical supply. The pump is a Salamander design and it comes with about 6 feet of flex connected to a moulded on plug. The previous owner had connected this to the mains via a long extension cord which was routed up the interior wall into the loft, and then through a hole in the ceiling to a plug socket in the airing cupboard. The trailing socket was sitting in a puddle of water and I am pretty sure this is not the way it is supposed to be connected.
I would be grateful if someone could give me an idea of how to make this safe. I don't have the money to get someone in to fix but I don't really want to dissappear in a puff of smoke whilst taking a shower. Any advice would be really appreciated. Thanks.
I am brand new to the forum, and this is my first post so I hope I don't cause to many raised eyebrows with my ignorance.
I bought a house late last year and there is an electric shower pump installed under the bath to boost water pressure to the shower head. The pump developed a leak a few weeks ago and when I removed the bath side panel to investigate the pump did not appear to be safely connected to the electrical supply. The pump is a Salamander design and it comes with about 6 feet of flex connected to a moulded on plug. The previous owner had connected this to the mains via a long extension cord which was routed up the interior wall into the loft, and then through a hole in the ceiling to a plug socket in the airing cupboard. The trailing socket was sitting in a puddle of water and I am pretty sure this is not the way it is supposed to be connected.
I would be grateful if someone could give me an idea of how to make this safe. I don't have the money to get someone in to fix but I don't really want to dissappear in a puff of smoke whilst taking a shower. Any advice would be really appreciated. Thanks.