My electric shower has a cord switch that you need to pull by the bathroom door that needs to be pulled/switched on before I can get hot water from the shower. I have just gone away for a week and think I may have left it on! Can anyone tell me if this is dangerous and I need to go home and check?!
PS. the water for the rest of the house is heated separately.
2007-05-25 08:22:22 · 18 answers · asked by tiffin8013 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
If the actual shower is turned off, and there is no water passing through then it is quite safe. The switch that you are referring to is an isolator, which is required for safe servicing of the shower when required, it will not use any power except for the neon lamp if you have one, which will cost about 3p per year! So don't worry.
2007-05-25 08:57:15 · answer #1 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think this is what you are on about - 'The shower must be permanently connected to the electricity supply via a double pole isolating switch with a minimum contact gap of 3mm in both poles. The switch must be readily accessible but out of reach of a person using a fixed bath or shower, except for the cord of a pull cord operated switch. '
Its not for the hot water, the cord switch allows electricity to make the shower work. I reckon its like leaving a plug socket on so should be ok.
2007-05-25 08:38:40 · answer #2 · answered by Phil H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What an odd scenario! The switch probably controls a seperate hot water heater for your shower - Most likely installed to save electric. Should not be an issue since most hot water heaters are left on (standby) position all the time.
2007-05-25 08:27:44 · answer #3 · answered by ForensicAccountant 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No that switch acts like the stand by on electrical appliances
all that will happen is it will use up some electricity
unless the water is turned on the current will not come on
2007-05-25 08:34:51 · answer #4 · answered by oscar 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If the water was running the whole weekend you would just be wasting water - imagine yourself in the shower for a long time, it never floods the room coz it all goes dows the plug hole.
I hope you electricity & water bill is not too much this month!
2007-05-25 08:37:41 · answer #5 · answered by noodle_chow 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your pull switch only is to allow electric to flow to shower ready to switch on,unless you havent got an on/off on your shower,which begs the question,is the shower running aswell.
It should be thermastatically controlled anyway,so it will switch off if heated to much.
the same as your heating of water in tank or radiators will only get to the heat setting you put it at and no hotter.
2007-05-27 02:29:52 · answer #6 · answered by asmoothrider 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The cord turns the electric on at the shower, nothing will happen til you turn on the shower at it box on the wall.
2007-05-25 08:38:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, don't go home, the switch is just a 30amp isolation switch, the only electric you will be using is the amount used to light the neon light in the switch, next to nowt. enjoy your holiday.
2007-05-25 08:41:56 · answer #8 · answered by Kernow Lover 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no its totally safe its just the main switch like putting the microwave on at the wall Ital just lite up it wont cook till u want it to dint wiry Ital have a trip anyway if anything was going to happen which it wouldn't it will just trip a fuse and cut out
2007-05-25 08:49:01 · answer #9 · answered by the truth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if all you have done is left the pull cord "on" rather than "off" PLEASE don't worry, it's fine. Nothing will happen. Calm down. You're wasting a little electricity but nothing else will happen.
2007-05-25 08:41:22 · answer #10 · answered by cobweb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋