Hello all, I've recently moved in to a house which has a shower pump in the airing cupboard. The pump is wired to an FCU which is wired into the lighting circuit in the loft. It appears to work fine, I was just wandering if it was ok to do this? I've looked back through previous posts, can't find a definite answer. Don't want my new house to burn down or anything, so if necessary I'll get a new spur put in the airing cupboard from the ring mains which I think is the normal way to do it - I guess whoever fitted it took a short cut to avoid ripping up the floorboards. Thanks Matt
> Hello all, I've recently moved in to a house which has a shower pump in the airing cupboard. The pump is wired to an FCU which is wired into the lighting circuit in the loft. this is an incorrect installation > so if necessary I'll get a new spur put in the airing cupboard from the ring mains which I think is the normal way to do it this is correct..via a 5A fuse
Hi If the shower pump was under 6 amps it would be fine, however I doubt it would be. It may work perfectly fine at the moment, but personally I would not do it. 1. Check the Fuse in the FCU 2. Find out how much the shower pump draws I can tell you that either the lighting circuit is a high amperage, or and it definately isnt a power shower as they use about 40 AMPS. Answer those questions and get back to me and I will tell you exactly what the status is and what to do next. Max
Ion transient You just said that a 5 amp fuse it right to use. The lighting circuit is 5 or 6 amps anyway, so It will be fine as it is protected via the fuse, this will prevent the Master fuse / RCD from blowing. Max
I can tell you that either the lighting circuit is a high amperage, or and it definately isnt a power shower as they use about 40 AMPS. The bigger clue might be that there isn't a smokin' mess anywhere in the vicinity.
Hello all, [/i]I've recently moved in to a house which has a shower pump in the airing cupboard. The pump is wired to an FCU which is wired into the lighting circuit in the loft. this is an incorrect installation According to what reg?
Most 'Pump' showers i've fitted barely pull 1 amp, as already said, a proper electric shower is in the Kw and will eat a plugtop fuse for breakfast. I'd not panic to much, though i usually fit an RCD fused spur on pump showers
Thanks everyone for your advice. I think I'll get a spur run in to the cupboard off of the mains ring just in case, but from what's been said, I think I can quite safely continue to use the pump in it's current state. Thanks again
its fine. you could just replace the spur for an RCD spur be on th safe side.save you pull in new cables.
Hi If the shower pump was under 6 amps it would be fine, however I doubt it would be. It may work perfectly fine at the moment, but personally I would not do it. 1. Check the Fuse in the FCU 2. Find out how much the shower pump draws I can tell you that either the lighting circuit is a high amperage, or and it definately isnt a power shower as they use about 40 AMPS. Answer those questions and get back to me and I will tell you exactly what the status is and what to do next. Max you certainly know your stuff max
I can tell you that either the lighting circuit is a high amperage, or and it definately isnt a power shower as they use about 40 AMPS. I don't get this. If a shower used 40 amps, wouldn't it be one that heated the water electrically? In which case it would be fed with mains water so wouldn't need a booster pump. Unless it's a very powerful power shower ie. about 12HP.
Hello all, I've recently moved in to a house which has a shower pump in the airing cupboard. The pump is wired to an FCU which is wired into the lighting circuit in the loft. It appears to work fine, I was just wandering if it was ok to do this? I've looked back through previous posts, can't find a definite answer. Don't want my new house to burn down or anything, so if necessary I'll get a new spur put in the airing cupboard from the ring mains which I think is the normal way to do it - I guess whoever fitted it took a short cut to avoid ripping up the floorboards. Thanks Matt theres the clue http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=99043&ts=11123
Answer those questions and get back to me and I will tell you exactly what the status is and what to do next. Max you certainly know your stuff max :^O