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by Scottyboy99
Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:57 pm
Forum: Bathrooms, Drainage and Waste Plumbing Forum
Topic: Shower Nightmare Tripping RCBO - Replaceing With Thermostatic Running off Combi?
Replies: 7
Views: 2469

Re: Shower Nightmare Tripping RCBO - Replaceing With Thermostatic Running off Combi?

Thank you so much. Yes I think what you say is best. I got in my head that if there is an electrical run there I must use it rather than waste but what you say makes sense. The electric unit we will replace already has cold feed so a plumber can utilise that meaning we just need a hot water feed fro...
by Scottyboy99
Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:18 pm
Forum: Bathrooms, Drainage and Waste Plumbing Forum
Topic: Shower Nightmare Tripping RCBO - Replaceing With Thermostatic Running off Combi?
Replies: 7
Views: 2469

Re: Shower Nightmare Tripping RCBO - Replaceing With Thermostatic Running off Combi?

Sorry they are thermostatic power showers I've been looking at. I wonder if their requirement for 3A power supply can go on the electrical run already in place that has 16A RCBO at the consumer unit. There is one of those chord like pole switched already in the bathroom for the shower. I'm still baf...
by Scottyboy99
Mon Mar 30, 2015 6:31 pm
Forum: Bathrooms, Drainage and Waste Plumbing Forum
Topic: Shower Nightmare Tripping RCBO - Replaceing With Thermostatic Running off Combi?
Replies: 7
Views: 2469

Re: Shower Nightmare Tripping RCBO - Replaceing With Thermostatic Running off Combi?

I was looking at quite a few types on plumbworld site if my memory serves. Loads of them in the specifications said power supply 3A

Thanks
Wayne
by Scottyboy99
Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:03 pm
Forum: Bathrooms, Drainage and Waste Plumbing Forum
Topic: Shower Nightmare Tripping RCBO - Replaceing With Thermostatic Running off Combi?
Replies: 7
Views: 2469

Shower Nightmare Tripping RCBO - Replaceing With Thermostatic Running off Combi?

We recently had problems in our new house with frequent consumer unit tripping. Finding the culprit was a nightmare so we switched to an RCBO one to help find the offending circuit. Anyway all sorted but since then the electric shower trips the RCBO within seconds as it should do. It's because it's ...
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