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There is no power getting through to our shower.
I have examined the fuse box and there deosn't appear to be any issues there. All other electrics are fine.
It was working perfectly until a few weeks ago.
The light on the pull switch isn't illuminated wgen switched to on.
Any ideas.

hi galgorm

try checking the wires in the switch for the shower.

hope this helps

gwhizz

easiest thing maybe that a wire has come loose in the switch head , showers should be on a dedicated circuit either with a seperate RCBO or on the rcb side of your consumer unit , if its an old type FUSE box and its wired straight into that , then don't use it anyway .Assuming the shower is in a bathroom then this is classed as a special area and should only be worked on by a part p qualified electrician . My simple advice is get a man in ( or woman) .Best regards Jeff

It's a fairly new shower...a couple of years old and put in as part of an extension....thus the consumer unit does,t seem to have anything added to it that I can easily identify as running to that particualr shower.
Ironically our origianl shower blew its fuse on Sunday and that was easy to sort out.
I did take apart the switch and the wires looked fine.
Might be time for a pro methinks but I did get it serviced about 6 months ago which is disappointing.

the original shower blew its fuse , are you saying you have two showers in the house. When you had the new shower fitted ,was it a plumber or an electrician that fitted it all ie plumbing and wiring .? If things start blowing fuses then its not really enough just replacing the fuse , there must be a cause and its this that you need to find . Regards the new one , there should be a label in the consumer unit that simply says 'shower ' if there isn't then the cable should be at least 6mm cross sectional diameter , if there are no thick cables in the cu then you have serious problems and definately need an electrician , if the shower is rated at anything over 8kw then the cable needs ideally to be 10mm , over 9 kw ideally 16mm cable and on dedicated circuit ( separate mcb/fuse ) Like i said best get someone in before the undertaker has to call . Best regards and good luck Jeff

There is "shower" fuse in the cu (30amp) which I replaced on sunday after our older shower shorted. However, tihis happened several weeks after the "new" shower stopped working and has been fine since.
Both were installed by plumbers/sparks.
The shower is a "New Team" "Ten Four" - not overly impressed with it to be honest. Temperature of water never seems constant.
I just thought it was strange that no electricity seem to be getting to the switch.