Hi all,
We originally had a shower which was 6KW and ran off 6mm cable to an old 30amp rewireable fuse (Wylex 804ivy). then i installed a 8.5KW shower in it's place knowing that putting it on high mode will likely go past the 30amp mark so to this day we've always kept it on economy mode to be safe than sorry. but now we want hotter showers so want to use the high mode.
So after doing alot of research i've come up with this and wondered if you experts can just double check what i have planned is ok.
Because money is low we can't afford to replace our old Wylex 804ivy with a newer consumer unit so i thought a seperate RCBO consumer unit just for the shower would suffice. now to save some money i will be buying the 40amp RCBO unit, 8 metres of 10mm cable and a new 45amp isolator pull cord myself.
Once i've bought all these i will personally replace the 10mm cable and the 45amp isolator and then hire a qualified electrician to fit the both the mains and shower tails to the RCBO and sign off the work. which shouldn't cost too much?
Thanks
We originally had a shower which was 6KW and ran off 6mm cable to an old 30amp rewireable fuse (Wylex 804ivy). then i installed a 8.5KW shower in it's place knowing that putting it on high mode will likely go past the 30amp mark so to this day we've always kept it on economy mode to be safe than sorry. but now we want hotter showers so want to use the high mode.
So after doing alot of research i've come up with this and wondered if you experts can just double check what i have planned is ok.
Because money is low we can't afford to replace our old Wylex 804ivy with a newer consumer unit so i thought a seperate RCBO consumer unit just for the shower would suffice. now to save some money i will be buying the 40amp RCBO unit, 8 metres of 10mm cable and a new 45amp isolator pull cord myself.
Once i've bought all these i will personally replace the 10mm cable and the 45amp isolator and then hire a qualified electrician to fit the both the mains and shower tails to the RCBO and sign off the work. which shouldn't cost too much?
Thanks