Timeline for Safe repair for electric shower casing
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| Jan 29, 2021 at 16:55 | comment | added | Sam_Butler | @SpacePhoenix Live-in landlady though, so not really a tenant but a lodger. | |
| Nov 30, 2020 at 22:02 | answer | added | RedGrittyBrick | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 30, 2020 at 20:56 | history | edited | Richard Cosgrove | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 30, 2020 at 20:25 | comment | added | SpacePhoenix | I would have thought that it would fail an EICR when you moved in (think it depends on when as AFAIK the regs only changed in the last year) | |
| Nov 30, 2020 at 19:55 | comment | added | Jack B | Off topic, but there seem to be some odd impressions of UK wiring in the comments. This is clearly not a 415V 3 phase installation. They are extremely rare in domestic systems and certainly wouldn't be wall mounted in a little plastic case in a bathroom. UK 30mA RCDs are also well within IEC60470 left hand -> feet AC-2, so provide pretty good protection to life. In fact for larger currents, the UK standard is better than UL 943 (and in reality breakers in both places are far better than the standards require) | |
| Nov 30, 2020 at 18:17 | comment | added | CSM | UK electric showers are normally single phase (tho at 30 or 40 amps), so it's only 230V | |
| Nov 30, 2020 at 12:41 | comment | added | Paul_Pedant | It is possible the missing section of the cover actuates a microswitch to avoid operation without the cover. So fixing the cover may actually make it work too. These covers do not necessarily have to be watertight: the internal design normally places the electrics up inside a tube sealed at the top, and provides drain holes for condensation etc. In the UK, a new unit should cost 60 to 80 pounds. The hard part is finding one that has the cable and water entries in the same configuration. | |
| Nov 30, 2020 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackDIY/status/1333289711708889088 | ||
| Nov 30, 2020 at 3:16 | comment | added | Criggie | Aside - get ALL your landlord's statements, promises and committments in writing, preferably dated. If not, note the date of receipt on all communication. It may be wasted, but there's a 10% chance it will save your arse later. Been there, done that. | |
| Nov 30, 2020 at 2:46 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | That's British 240V/416V in there, almost as hot as the 277V/480V commercial power in the States (that requires serious protection). If it was merely cosmetic that would be one thing, but obviously the unit has taken internal damage as well. British ground-fault protection is only 30ma if it exists at all, wholly inadequate for human protection. Deathtrap... If you use it anyway and someone gets electrocuted, you'll have no one to blame but yourself... | |
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| Nov 29, 2020 at 21:14 | vote | accept | Richard Cosgrove | ||
| Nov 29, 2020 at 20:50 | history | edited | Richard Cosgrove | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 29, 2020 at 20:28 | answer | added | Owain | timeline score: 10 | |
| Nov 29, 2020 at 19:42 | comment | added | Ted Mittelstaedt | All the ones I've seen on plumbworld co uk cost under 200 pounds so like virtually all lower priced appliances these days this is going to be cheaper to replace than repair. | |
| Nov 29, 2020 at 18:58 | history | edited | Richard Cosgrove | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 29, 2020 at 18:53 | comment | added | Richard Cosgrove | Thanks. I’m not intending to repair the electrical system - I just need a way to cover the broken case. | |
| Nov 29, 2020 at 18:47 | comment | added | FreeMan | I would recommend contacting the manufacturer to see if they have replacement parts for the portions that are broken. While you're on the line with them, give them whatever error codes/details you can get about the parts that aren't working and ask them where to get those. Anything you attempt to do to repair it would be a bodge at best, and since you're mixing electricity with a wet body, and that mixture has a propensity for resulting in death, I'd think it best to ensure it's done correctly. | |
| Nov 29, 2020 at 18:27 | comment | added | Richard Cosgrove | I don’t think it was properly installed either. But I just want to stop having to bathe in a bucket. | |
| Nov 29, 2020 at 18:25 | history | edited | Richard Cosgrove | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 29, 2020 at 18:18 | answer | added | Ted Mittelstaedt | timeline score: 10 | |
| Nov 29, 2020 at 18:17 | comment | added | RadioSpace | please make sure that is GFCI protected. and i don't think that was ever properly installed. | |
| Nov 29, 2020 at 18:02 | history | asked | Richard Cosgrove | CC BY-SA 4.0 |