Hi all,
I've been living in my new house now for about a year and the shower tripped out the other morning for no apparent reason while the other half was in it.
My first thought was that she'd stopped the flow of water somehow but it appears she hasn't as it keeps tripping if on full power for about 5 - 7mins.
I took the front off of the shower and nothing in their looks even slightly darkened, in fact it looks like it could be brand new it's that clean.
I replaced the 45a pull cord in the roof but still after running at full power for 5mins it blows. it does however work fine at economy mode but the water flow is crap.
I then went and checked the MCB right after it tripped and it was very hot, it's in a separate box away from the main fuses and has it's own on/off switch. I'm kinda hoping it's busted but I'm also worried that it's getting hot because it's drawing too much power.
It's one of these and I've ordered a replacement which I'm going to try.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160452828771
All the wiring looks fine and is 10mm copper but with white PVC rather than the normal grey I've seen. It's all earthed as it should be etc.
What do you think my next step should be after replacing the MCB if the fault is still there and more to the point do these things generally fail after a while ?.
Next step I'm thinking is replacing the MCB with something more modern as the tech looks about 6 years old and I'm thinking if I have to go onto ebay to get a replacement then something is way too old.
I've been living in my new house now for about a year and the shower tripped out the other morning for no apparent reason while the other half was in it.
My first thought was that she'd stopped the flow of water somehow but it appears she hasn't as it keeps tripping if on full power for about 5 - 7mins.
I took the front off of the shower and nothing in their looks even slightly darkened, in fact it looks like it could be brand new it's that clean.
I replaced the 45a pull cord in the roof but still after running at full power for 5mins it blows. it does however work fine at economy mode but the water flow is crap.
I then went and checked the MCB right after it tripped and it was very hot, it's in a separate box away from the main fuses and has it's own on/off switch. I'm kinda hoping it's busted but I'm also worried that it's getting hot because it's drawing too much power.
It's one of these and I've ordered a replacement which I'm going to try.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160452828771
All the wiring looks fine and is 10mm copper but with white PVC rather than the normal grey I've seen. It's all earthed as it should be etc.
What do you think my next step should be after replacing the MCB if the fault is still there and more to the point do these things generally fail after a while ?.
Next step I'm thinking is replacing the MCB with something more modern as the tech looks about 6 years old and I'm thinking if I have to go onto ebay to get a replacement then something is way too old.
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