Shower turning off

[cjwardy]

Hi all,

I'm new to this forum so I hope this post is as clear as possible.

I have just bought a new house and am experiencing problems with the electric shower. After a few minutes (could be 2 or 15) I lose power to the shower.

To operate it there is a switch on the unit itself and a pull chord in the corner of the room to turn it on. What is happening is the fuse box downstairs is switching to off. Could something be tripping the switch to turn off?

The power to the shower is shared with the cooker. The shower has been added to the cooker's power at a later date. The shower still turns off when the power to the cooker has been turned off in the kitchen.

Does anyone know why this could be happening and any possible solutions?

At the moment I think it is because the power is shared between two appliances, but would this be so even when the cooker is not being used?

Any help much appreciated.


Thanks

 

[EdwardCurrent]

Hello and welcome cjwardy.

Would you be able to post a picture of your consumer unit ???

Are you saying that the cooker and shower are connected to the same protective device ? !!!!!!!!!! Is it a mcb, rcbo or mcb with rcd protection ?

How has the 'circuit' been wired ???,present cable size, length of runs and installation methods will all be of help when it comes to sorting things out

This work may well up being 'notifiable', so maybe it would be better to get a registered electrician in to do the work.

Regards

Ed

 

[rebuke]

It sounds like someone has bodged the addition of a shower, and probably put too powerful a shower in for the protective device, so it's tripping out. The reason it takes a differing amount of time to trip is that unless it's massively overloaded, it will be the thermal part of the MCB tripping, so it depends quite how long it takes to heat up...

I would suggest you get a qualified electrician in to take a look, as if it's been bodged (which if it's on the same feed as a cooker it almost certainly has been), you probably want to find out what else hasn't been done properly. Might even be worth getting someone in to do a PIR (periodic inspection report) of the entire house wiring...

 

[ColJack]

your shower will probably be a high powered one and the fuse / breaker fot it is too small..

time to call in an electrician and get a proper dedicated shower circuit put in and possibly a CU upgrade if there is no spare ways or it's old..

no point in us telling you how to fix it.

and Ed, why the tiny text, my eyes are bad at the best of times, just put it regular size if it's important, if it's not, then don't bother typing it..