Any plumbers in the house?

[JAMAL]

Quick question,

Electric shower has packed in, want to fix it myself. I have found the same model but lower wattage on the bay (quite old).

The shower i have in now is now is the 8.5kw version, the one i will be putting in is 7.2kw.

Am i doing anything wrong with regs or anything doing this? i'm competent with electrics and am fully confident i wont get anything wrong, its a pretty easy job after all

Cheers


Jonny

 

[JAMAL]

Well ,my thinking was that replacing it with the same model but lower wattage i would be ok, the reason for picking the same model was due to inlet postition etc..

I will have a read at the IET website.

Thanks

 

[JAMAL]

What if, through no fault of the OP, a fire breaks out?

Insurance companies are right so and so's for this sort of thing, and the last thing he wants is to find out his insurance is void....

The shower i'm going for on the bay is new but is an old one and has been stored for a while as they dont make them anymore, how could they tell i didnt fit it before the regs came in place?

If i dont change the whole unit how about repair? i could just change the heat exchanger which is what is broken on my current shower