Power shower & RCD plug

[David Lang]

I have a Mira Vigour power shower - it draws H & C from the tanks, it doesn't have a heater, just a pump. It's 3 years old.

It's connected via an RCD plug as per instructions.

Switched it on tonight, it ran for maybe 10 seconds & stopped. I pressed the reset on the RCD plug and it came on for maybe 5 seconds. After that the RCD wouldn't reset at all.

Obviously a bit of diagnostics is required, but to save time is it "more likely" that (a) there is a fault with the shower or (b) the RCD plug is faulty?

[Tim+]

I would say that the first order of the day is to whip the cover off and see if water has got to anywhere it shouldn't have.

Manual here.

Tim

[David Lang]

Replaced the RCD and now it works a treat, I had a feeling in my water it was the RCD, don't know why. Sometimes it pay's to trust ones water :-)

[Mr Pounder Esquire]

You are missed on the cycling group.

[spuorgelgoog]

RCD plugs are often not the best. I've had one fail on me. (I used it for an electric blanket.)

Replace the socket with an RCD socket or FCU.

Owain

[David Lang]

Good thought.