Power shower help please?

[benunited]

Hi folks

Amateur here. Generally okay with basic electrics but a bit stumped with this one.

Today I tried to install a power shower. It's an aqualisa shower with the pump built in.

I was replacing a previous shower, which turned on/off via a pull chord, and replicated the wiring.

Strange thing is no matter whether the 'box' the chord goes to says 'on' or 'off' the light on the box stays on. Don't think it did that before!

Also, the shower isn't very powerful - and I'm trying to work out if the pump is working or not.

When the box says 'on' the pump is semi-powerful - and when I turn the water off it makes a noise, a pumping noise.

When the box says 'off' the pump us also semi-powerful - and when I turn the water off there's no noise, nothing happening.

Either way,when the water is turned on there isn't any noise - now I know the pump is supposed to be quiet, but silent?

Any advice very much appreciated! Thanks


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[Goody]

Shower isolator switch usually will have markings to show supply in & supply out. Turn off the mains, use a voltage tester to see if the ciruit is completely dead and sort out the isolator switch connection first before going ahead. Best of luck.

 

[Octopus]

Do you think that people do not realise that combining electrics and water could be dangerous?

Madness.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

we dont even know if the circuit feeding this shower is RCDd....or whether the cable is up to the job (CCC, installation method etc).........

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Shower isolator switch usually will have markings to show supply in & supply out. Turn off the mains, use a voltage tester to see if the ciruit is completely dead and sort out the isolator switch connection first before going ahead. Best of luck.

i think an electrician is required here goody with all due respect i would not like to think of someone poking around with a "neon"....or something like that....

 

[flukey]

if youre changing a shower like for like, what you doing in the isolator???

 

[i=p/u]

i think they dont appreciate electrics or electricans. i say we say on monday morning sorry but im taking week off hows week sfter sound to get your power back on..... all ly in bed with gfs and wives and give them more attention than electrics, soon bump the prices up for an honest days wrok

 

[GLENNSPARK]

benunited.....for a reasonable price you will get an install thats both correct AND compliant....thats peace of mind for you and your family.......now can you really afford to put a price on that?....

 

[Edd]

Draw the line at gas and major electrics

But you dont mind doing electrical work in an area where if you screw up people can get hurt or killed.. How much was the shower?? I bet a local sparks would charge you a small % of that purchase price..
I dont mind helping people out on this forum, its a great place to learn stuff but really the questions you have asked show a real lack of the basics. sorry if thats harsh, but please think.. theres more to just connecting stuff up. normally about 3 years more (or 5 weeks) sigh

 

[benunited]

But you dont mind doing electrical work in an area where if you screw up people can get hurt or killed.. How much was the shower?? I bet a local sparks would charge you a small % of that purchase price..
I dont mind helping people out on this forum, its a great place to learn stuff but really the questions you have asked show a real lack of the basics. sorry if thats harsh, but please think.. theres more to just connecting stuff up. normally about 3 years more (or 5 weeks) sigh

Didn't see this one as being beyond me to be honest. Pipes go in where the power shower pipes were before, connect up the electrics as they were before.

But fear not, I'm taking the kind advice and will be calling someone in. Thanks folks!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Didn't see this one as being beyond me to be honest. Pipes go in where the power shower pipes were before, connect up the electrics as they were before.

But fear not, I'm taking the kind advice and will be calling someone in. Thanks folks!

and if the earthing and bonding wern`t up to the latest edition of BS7671.....and there wasn`t any additional protection by means of RCD.....so would you `just connect up` then??......

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Didn't see this one as being beyond me to be honest. Pipes go in where the power shower pipes were before, connect up the electrics as they were before.

But fear not, I'm taking the kind advice and will be calling someone in. Thanks folks!

and yes...do please call someone in.....