31-08-15, 10:57 AM
Oh font of foccer knowledge....
We've got an electric shower in our bathroom and we've had a rather lucky escape so it would appear. The ceiling switch jammed, and being silly I just left it, several weeks later there were burn marks on the outer plastic, looks like it overheated and melted the insulation on the cables as well.
I want to get the shower up and running again but need to cut the cables back to good cable.
1 cable has enough slack, so I can cut that one back but the other needs cutting back and then extending because there isn't any slack.
I've got some 6mm twin and earth to replace the cable, a new 45amp double pole ceiling switch and a junction box to join the cables.
The max ampage junction box I can find in toolstation etc is 30amp, will that be ok? I need to be sure it's safe because it's going up into a ceiling void and I really don't fancy a fire (we've dodged that bullet already).
Ta muchly
We've got an electric shower in our bathroom and we've had a rather lucky escape so it would appear. The ceiling switch jammed, and being silly I just left it, several weeks later there were burn marks on the outer plastic, looks like it overheated and melted the insulation on the cables as well.
I want to get the shower up and running again but need to cut the cables back to good cable.
1 cable has enough slack, so I can cut that one back but the other needs cutting back and then extending because there isn't any slack.
I've got some 6mm twin and earth to replace the cable, a new 45amp double pole ceiling switch and a junction box to join the cables.
The max ampage junction box I can find in toolstation etc is 30amp, will that be ok? I need to be sure it's safe because it's going up into a ceiling void and I really don't fancy a fire (we've dodged that bullet already).
Ta muchly
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