I am an electrician but i have not worked on domestic installations for a few years. I think you have to tie in the bathroom light with the shower.
2006-12-25 21:42:28 · 8 answers · asked by ewan.findlay 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
As an electrician you are deemed to be a competant person to carry out the installation of your shower under part P of the building regs, april 1st. 2005, but you must inform building control at your local office.
Shower should be wired in 6mm twin & earth cable up to 9kw
with a 45amp pull switch on bathroom ceiling and run back to the distribution board and terminated in a 45amp mcb / or fuse
also a 16mm earth wire should be run from dis. board to shower unit, and all cross bonding within bathroom must be carried out i.e. under sink ( hot & cold ) under bath and any other exposed metalwork such as central heating radiators in 6mm earth wire.
The spray head of the shower must be mounted at such a hight that when hanging down towards the bath cannot be submerged under bath water, this is water board regulation to prevent back syphon of dirty water to clean supply.
The light shoud be on it's own or connected with the fan on a timer to run on when the light is switched off.
2006-12-25 23:53:18 · answer #1 · answered by Sparky 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you have plastic pipe to the bath and the bath itself is metal, I would run an earth wire to the bath. As basically when you are taking a shower there is a potential of standing on the metal tub that could basically be at a different potential than the shower head. If you have metal pipes that are correctly grounded then you should be OK.
2016-05-23 07:26:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should have an 10mm earth wire straight from your distribution board, because the earth on a light circuit is not the same size as your live supplying the shower. The cable should be run the shortest distance possible to the distribution board.
If you are not Part P registered, you should not do electrical work, because it is illegal.
2006-12-28 04:04:23 · answer #3 · answered by BJC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no if you have just installed an electric shower you should have run the cable directly into the mains board .this should be connected to its own MCB CONNECTION ..mains circuit breaker ..the earth connection should be to water main or at least to a copper pipe you normally connect the extractor fan to light . but NEVER .NEVER the shower
2006-12-25 21:54:21 · answer #4 · answered by boy boy 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well first you shouldn't have done it.
New regulations as to what you can and can not do as regards domestic electrics have now existed for the last two years.
As for earthing if it doesn't move then earth it.
Same applies for gas work.
2006-12-25 21:59:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
according to part p of the building regulations you my friend are breaking the regulations by installing your own shower.Certification-of the work carried out should be registered with local building authorities
2006-12-25 22:57:41 · answer #6 · answered by james h 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Part P, what a con.
2006-12-26 02:29:07 · answer #7 · answered by jimauk 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
nope, don't do it. ground it to the main grounding conductor
2006-12-26 01:20:23 · answer #8 · answered by T C 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋