I have an eletric shower with a pull cord power supply... however i went to switch it on tonight, pulled the cord.... The light on the box on the ceeling came on then i switched on the shower and nothing happened and the light on the box went out.... when i switch the shower back off the light comes back on... seems like every time i switch it on its kinda tripping? any ideas? cheers. pete

 

Yeah, call a qualified sparkie

 

 

Bad or burnt connection in the pull cord switch m8,as soon as you try to take any load of it it will play up.

 

Fucked pull chord.

 

Cheers lads, ill have a look

 

Don't do that whatever you do. You MUST have a qualified Sparkie. OK, it will be 6 weeks before he can come and take a look, but hey, thats life.

 

have you ever heard of the sparkie sex postition? Its awesome! You both stay in all day and no fooker cums

 

have a bath

 

Do you know i hadnt thought of that...

 

chances are it will have a feed straight from teh fuse board and be labled up.
have a check and if it is and you turn it off you should be ok to open it up and have a look.
would advise you check it with some voltage testers first though.

it might just be loose and need tightening up, or burnt out.
either one you capable of fixing really and saving some money.

but i never told ya to do it

 

Im used to playing with eletrics so shouldnt be a problem pal, ill make sure its switched off at the board and they use my eletric screwdriver to test for voltage, failing that ill get the girlfriend to touch it

 

Ive taken the front off the pull cord box on the ceeling to find the neutral output (to shower) wire melted and broken down, the rest of its fine, ive taken the box off the shower and the wires in there are mint too, is it just a case of chopping some off then stripping the end and screwing it back into the connector block? any sparkies came across this before? pete

PS: The mains power is off and ive tested it for any power and its dead now

 

most prob have been a loose connection at the back of the switch.showers pull alot of load and if its been arc'n it could quite easily cause that.but to be sure i would advise to get someone in to test it and make sure.bad electrics cause fires and better to be safe than sorry.

 

Hmm, i am a firefighter so no problems there, im gonna have a look in the morning in that case

 

Cut the burnt bits back and if it was me i'd fit a new switch too.

 

Yep not the first time ive fixed a burnt out pull cord happens a lot because there a ba**ard to do and push back but defiantly change the pull cord 45amp