Help - temporary electric shower - permitted under Part P regs or no?

1984ReturnsForReal_2

louisdog wrote: »

Thanks for the friendly advice!

I think Keystone didn't know you are the OP & he forgets not everyone is an electrician.

Or he knows that people posting on here often don't understand exactly what they have, don't have or need etc but it is not really something people should guess about.

Did your guy turn up?

zax47

keystone wrote: »

Frankly in some cases yes it is. But in this case as the OP hasn't said which circuits are protected it might just be the one that supplies a garage. So I don't trust the statement one iota as its written. Is that clear enough for you? And put your tongue away please.

Cheers

errrrr......... Louisdog IS the OP! :T {in an ironic fashion}

:rotfl:

keystone

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

I think Keystone didn't know you are the OP

No actually he forgot. My bad.

.....& he forgets not everyone is an electrician.

Well not quite but the post irritated me when I specifically had previously said "in the context of this thread" where virtually eveyone has said "get a sparks in".

Or he knows that people posting on here often don't understand exactly what they have, don't have or need etc but it is not really something people should guess about.

Right on the button.

Cheers

keystone

zax47 wrote: »

errrrr......... Louisdog IS the OP! :T {in an ironic fashion}

:rotfl:

Yes - I know - I forgot. But that in itself doesn't change my answer. OK?

Cheers

louisdog

Electrician coming Friday morning so I'll be sure to update this thread.

Plumber coming tomorrow to hook up the water side of the electric shower. (And remove all the existing central heating and boiler, and hence our current hot water supply.) So let's just hope the electrician likes where we put it!

And the RCD protects the socket circuits (including the garage circuit )but not the lighting circuits.

Am also hoping that the electrician is less snarky than you, Keystone :rotfl:

keystone

louisdog wrote: »

Am also hoping that the electrician is less snarky than you, Keystone :rotfl:

and if you used your brain you'd have realised that the primary source of my irritation was someone making ASSUMPTIONS (which are inherently dangerous) on the basis of incomplete evidence and that my post was directed at him not at you. So your and :rotfl:are totally and utterly misplaced and yet you seem surprised that I might be getting irritated.

Lets see if you are still :rotfl:if the electrician tells you that what the plumber has done tomorrow and what you, presumably, will have already paid for is unacceptable under the regs and he refuses to connect it as it is.

Cheers

KillerWatt

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Also fitting an RCBO is going to mean changing the busbars in the consumer unit.

No it doesn't.

louisdog

keystone wrote: »

Lets see if you are still :rotfl:if the electrician tells you that what the plumber has done tomorrow and what you, presumably, will have already paid for is unacceptable under the regs and he refuses to connect it as it is.

Which is why I was hoping for some advice from your good selves on this thread :huh:

Homersimpson

louisdog wrote: »

Which is why I was hoping for some advice from your good selves on this thread :huh:

Louisdog, don't worry about the arsey sparks on this thread, see what your electrician tells you when he comes out to look. You do need to be careful with electrics but as long as you read the rules and regulations and have a good electrician install this for you, you can't go far wrong with something this simple.

louisdog

Quick update - electric shower is up and running, hurrah! :j

And Keystone if you are reading this, you will be glad I am still :rotfl:and also :rotfl:

The plumber turned up yesterday and immediately pointed out that the best solution with regard to the siting of the shower was to attach it to the wall of the shower cubicle, but carefully drilling through the grout rather than the tiles, so that when it's removed we can just patch it up. Why hadn't I thought of that, it's perfect.

He also plumbed it in, coming through the ceiling and nailing pipe clips between the tiles as well.

The electrician came this morning and ascertained that the existing cable run was 6mm and was fine over the short run, he also said that my 40A MCB was not needed as the 32A one was sufficient. He brought the cable through the ceiling in self-adhesive trunking, so no damage to the tiles. He hooked up the shower using the 50A pull switch I had bought. The only issue was that I hadn't bought a box for the switch, and he only had shallow surface ones on his van, or a plasterboard box, so we had to have the ceiling cut out more than we'd have liked. My fault for not getting the right parts.

Anyway it's all tested so it's safe, and working nicely, and doesn't even look too bad either.

Thanks all for your input in this thread.

Cheers
Alex