Hi, hope you can help with a problem I have with my 10 year old Triton Bermuda electric shower.
I live in a house with a combi-boiler / low pressure and so have an Electric Shower. This has worked well for the 2 years we have lived in the house!
Now to the problem: Saturday night my wife switched on the isolator switch (you know, the pull cord that "switches on" the power to the shower - in our case it looks like a large light switch with a red "on" light) and then switched on the shower.
BANG! the circuit breaker in the cupboard below the stairs tripped.
So I switched off the shower & isolator switch and reset the circuit breaker. I then switched on the isolator switch (shower off) and the circuit breaker tripped again!!
I switched the isolator switch off and reset the circuit breaker. This time I left it overnight before trying it again. This time i could turn on the isolator switch, but when turning on the shower - POP! off goes the circuit breaker!!!
Now, I'm 95% sure that a new shower is needed, but before I spend £200 or so, i would like to make sure this is the culprit!!
Anyone have any ideas?
Do you think I need to call an electrician to check if there is a problem with the wiring or isolator switch??
If I need a new shower - any ideas on a similar model to the Triton Bermuda? (I would like to go for the most "like-for-like" installation but the bermuda's discontinued!!)
Thanks and apologies for the long post!
I live in a house with a combi-boiler / low pressure and so have an Electric Shower. This has worked well for the 2 years we have lived in the house!
Now to the problem: Saturday night my wife switched on the isolator switch (you know, the pull cord that "switches on" the power to the shower - in our case it looks like a large light switch with a red "on" light) and then switched on the shower.
BANG! the circuit breaker in the cupboard below the stairs tripped.
So I switched off the shower & isolator switch and reset the circuit breaker. I then switched on the isolator switch (shower off) and the circuit breaker tripped again!!
I switched the isolator switch off and reset the circuit breaker. This time I left it overnight before trying it again. This time i could turn on the isolator switch, but when turning on the shower - POP! off goes the circuit breaker!!!
Now, I'm 95% sure that a new shower is needed, but before I spend £200 or so, i would like to make sure this is the culprit!!
Anyone have any ideas?
Do you think I need to call an electrician to check if there is a problem with the wiring or isolator switch??
If I need a new shower - any ideas on a similar model to the Triton Bermuda? (I would like to go for the most "like-for-like" installation but the bermuda's discontinued!!)
Thanks and apologies for the long post!