Is RCD/RCBO mandatory for electric shower?

[John Rumm]

Royal Soc for the *Promotion* of C to D?

[ARWadsworth]

Previously known as the Spastics Society.

[Tim Watts]

:->

[noel gallagher]

replying to Lee, noel gallagher wrote: i could go into detail what you need to do but unless you are qualified i strongly recommend you get someone who is to do it.as showers come into contact with person/s you need protection with a safe disconnection time so an rcd or rcbo is mandatory.as for cable size ,length of run,where and how is the cable is run,size of shower come into play also.

[Tim Watts]

It's more or defacto mandatory for any circuit, unless you can bury it >50mm below the surface or mechanically protect it, or surface run it.

It will also be necessary if you have no supplementary binding in the bathroom under the 17th.

[Mr Pounder Esquire]

Oh dear!

45 years ago in my first house I fitted and plumbed in a Triton 7KW electric shower over the bath. The cable went straight down the pipe box and finished up in the meter cupboard. I was very nervous when I connected the cable to the electric meter. Nervous is better than saying that I was shit scared. The meter had fuses. No RCD stuff. There was no isolation switch for the shower. I was dead proud of my shower. I wish that I was 45 years younger.

[DerbyBorn]

I did the same at around the same time.

[damduck-egg]

Pity that 45 years later you are still describing a consumer unit as a meter.

G.Harman

[John Rumm]

Well this is a DIY group, so that is exactly what you need to do. (unless you just fancy waving your willy?)

Having said that, the original post is over 4 years old, so chances are its been done now!

There is no requirement for qualifications, just adequate knowledge and skill.

Since the 17th edition, a RCD is mandatory for an electrically heated shower, however not for the reason you cite, since its quite possible to meet the required disconnection times without a RCD in many installations.

[ARW]

You might be pushing it at that comment:-)

[ARW]

If it had gone wrong and had shit himself and least he could have wiped his elbow clean with a bit of toilet paper.

[Mr Pounder Esquire]

That was to bait you. As always you took the bait, thicko. I Just knew that you would read and reply. Thicko

But it did not go wrong thicko. I can remember shafting three nice women under that shower whilst stood up. At differant times.

No sane man would have bought a council house, thicko.

[Fredxxx]

It would have been more impressive if at the same time.

God, you're acting as if you've been married to Adam.

Are you jealousy of him? It certainly shows!

[ARW]

May I point out that you were not replying to me but to damduck-egg when you posted that?

He did not take the bait (no-one did as there was no bait) - he just pointed out that you are not very clever.

[Mr Pounder Esquire]

I was once involved in a 3 in the bed romp. Two girls and me.

I do not like bullies and he is a bully.

[The Natural Philosopher]

"Three strikes and you're out"

[spuorgelgoog]

That's true, I moved 3 years ago and t'other week found a Scruit(tm) lurking in a lightswitch. I thought I'd replaced them all.

Still got a smoke detector I bought when I moved in, that should be getting fitted this year.

Owain

[charles]

I've still got some in a tobacco tin. They stopped being useful when cable stopped being stranded.