Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2018 16:27:46 GMT
Hello everyone, here with some questions
to add some context, i'm an apprentice doing heating/gas repairs and stuff, still in 1st year of it all
a family member has bought a new electric shower after their current has stopped working and have asked me if i'm interested in doing it for them. don't know fuck all about showers tbh, i've done a bit of research though just now
all I know is that it the current shower is a Aqua Profile Plus by Heatstore (don't know kW, but there's a 8.5 and a 9.5 on their website). The new shower is a Triton Enrich 9.5 kW. I'm ok with connecting it to the water and hanging it etc, it's just the electric side that is making me a bit nervous, i've seen from my research that you need a sparkie to do testing etc and to verify its on its own elec supply (and adequate sized cable/fuse) and not coming off the ring main, as well as seeing if it's on the correct rated RCD of 30mA (is this correct?), . but i've also read that if it's the same kW shower going in then you can do it without getting a sparkie involved. All in all i'm just wanting to save the family member a bit of money, if an electrician isn't needed then that will of course do that. how bad would it be if I was to take out the shower and it was 8.5 kw, and add the new one which is 9.5 kw, like i know regs/rules exist for a reason but how bad would that even be?
also heres what i was planning on doing, any pointers let me know
1. turn off water/elec
2. take off cover, prove elecs dead (dont have multimeter so fuck it)
3. undo wire connections and slacken nut for water, get shower off
4. mount shower etc, sillicone hole where pipe comes through
5. connect water/elec, commision according to the instructions
6. sillicone around it
So a few questions there in that wall of text but I appreciate the help!! I'm still browsing the forum every few days, I tend to just read and not post though . electrics blags my head
to add some context, i'm an apprentice doing heating/gas repairs and stuff, still in 1st year of it all
a family member has bought a new electric shower after their current has stopped working and have asked me if i'm interested in doing it for them. don't know fuck all about showers tbh, i've done a bit of research though just now
all I know is that it the current shower is a Aqua Profile Plus by Heatstore (don't know kW, but there's a 8.5 and a 9.5 on their website). The new shower is a Triton Enrich 9.5 kW. I'm ok with connecting it to the water and hanging it etc, it's just the electric side that is making me a bit nervous, i've seen from my research that you need a sparkie to do testing etc and to verify its on its own elec supply (and adequate sized cable/fuse) and not coming off the ring main, as well as seeing if it's on the correct rated RCD of 30mA (is this correct?), . but i've also read that if it's the same kW shower going in then you can do it without getting a sparkie involved. All in all i'm just wanting to save the family member a bit of money, if an electrician isn't needed then that will of course do that. how bad would it be if I was to take out the shower and it was 8.5 kw, and add the new one which is 9.5 kw, like i know regs/rules exist for a reason but how bad would that even be?
also heres what i was planning on doing, any pointers let me know
1. turn off water/elec
2. take off cover, prove elecs dead (dont have multimeter so fuck it)
3. undo wire connections and slacken nut for water, get shower off
4. mount shower etc, sillicone hole where pipe comes through
5. connect water/elec, commision according to the instructions
6. sillicone around it
So a few questions there in that wall of text but I appreciate the help!! I'm still browsing the forum every few days, I tend to just read and not post though . electrics blags my head
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