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hi guys, im fitting a 10.8kw mira sport max, i have read various threads on this and i think 10mm cable is suffice but the problem is at the moment my cable runs into the old cooker fuse on an old fusebox which is 30a.

I know i need an rcd fitted, it is wire through an isolator switch.
Can you please advise what i need to fit? eg rcd etc
 
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spraffers said:
hi guys, im fitting a 10.8kw mira sport max, i have read various threads on this and i think 10mm cable is suffice but the problem is at the moment my cable runs into the old cooker fuse on an old fusebox which is 30a.

I know i need an rcd fitted, it is wire through an isolator switch.
Can you please advise what i need to fit? eg rcd etc
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Seeing as your profile says you are a carpet fitter, i suggest phoning an electrician would be a good start.
 
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10.8kw shower.
30A fuse how old do we need.

old cooker fuse on an old fusebox which is 30a.
 i need an rcd fitted, it is wire through an isolator switch.

GET HELP ON SITE DO NOT DO THIS YOURSELF.
 
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You will need the shower installation certificated anyway, so call in an Electrician to start with, not the fire service after you put 47 amps on a 30 amp circuit.
What do think of carpets fixed with panel pins or thumb tacks, dumb, so take advice with electric regulations, on the way that it must be done !
 
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use 10 mm cable providing the run is within the regs a 10.5 shower draws a lot of current-- the board needs to be able to handle it a 45 amp breaker or fuse would do the job
btw ignore the childish posts
 
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Well i have a 4.2or 4.7KW (can never remember which) shower over here in my flat and the water volume/pressure is more than adequate as is the the water temperature. Never had one in any of my own houses, never had the need. 10.8 KW just sounds totally ridiculous to me, just in running costs alone, especially if you have teenage daughters. ...lol!!
 
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can anyone remember the early electric showers?
the element was visual in a see through plastic enclosure 6kw maybye
i installed one for a freind ( a scouser) his son used to spend far too mutch time in there doing what young lads tend to do
 
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ayjay said:
use 10 mm cable providing the run is within the regs a 10.5 shower draws a lot of current-- the board needs to be able to handle it a 45 amp breaker or fuse would do the job
btw ignore the childish posts
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He's a carpet fitter.
If you fitted your own carpet with half a clue of what your doing and no underpinning knowledge do you expect an excellent result?
Now turn the tables. Its an accident waiting to happen. How can he test his install to make sure its fit for use apart from getting a spark in? He may aswel get him/her in to do the lot.

I don't mind it when advise is given but it looks like a free training Q+A! Would you ask a brain surgeon questions in the hope of removing a brain tumor?

(Unless he is training to become an electrician and just working as a fitter to put bread on the table)
 
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telectrix said:
what's a brain?
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Mine looks like this...

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ayjay said:
can anyone remember the early electric showers?
the element was visual in a see through plastic enclosure 6kw maybye
i installed one for a freind ( a scouser) his son used to spend far too mutch time in there doing what young lads tend to do
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i can remember the first type showers that came out. They were Redring 3kw, usually mounted at high level. Things have moved on since then!
 
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