JNugent
2024-05-13 13:52:55 UTC
When we moved into this house just over thirty years ago, in addition to
all the usual (new kitchen, double-glazing, new bathroom), we had a new
consumer unit fitted, located where the previous fusebox had been - out
in the garage.
The unit seems to be standard fare, with separate trips for ring main,
upstairs lighting, downstairs lighting and a 30 amp circuit for an
electric shower.
Some years ago, we started to get trouble from the Triton shower. When
set to its higher temperature, it would sometimes trip the consumer unit
off completely. Apart from the general inconvenience of that, in those
days, the garage was only accessible from outdoors and if home alone,
resetting the unit would involve wrapping a wet body in towels and going
out into the back garden and into the garage's back door. Annoying or what?
On the lower temperature setting, the problem did not occur. Until
recently, though with the difference that only the shower trip cuts out
(and we now have a door from the house direct into the garage!).
This is the second or third Triton shower unit we've had in that 30+
years with the same results from the last two at least. For that reason,
my suspicion is that this is a fault at the consumer unit, and with the
shower trip in particular.
Yes, I am aware that I should have done something about it a few years
ago, but I certainly want to do it now. From experience, does this sound
like an issue where the remedy is a whole new consumer unit, please?
I hope it is...
all the usual (new kitchen, double-glazing, new bathroom), we had a new
consumer unit fitted, located where the previous fusebox had been - out
in the garage.
The unit seems to be standard fare, with separate trips for ring main,
upstairs lighting, downstairs lighting and a 30 amp circuit for an
electric shower.
Some years ago, we started to get trouble from the Triton shower. When
set to its higher temperature, it would sometimes trip the consumer unit
off completely. Apart from the general inconvenience of that, in those
days, the garage was only accessible from outdoors and if home alone,
resetting the unit would involve wrapping a wet body in towels and going
out into the back garden and into the garage's back door. Annoying or what?
On the lower temperature setting, the problem did not occur. Until
recently, though with the difference that only the shower trip cuts out
(and we now have a door from the house direct into the garage!).
This is the second or third Triton shower unit we've had in that 30+
years with the same results from the last two at least. For that reason,
my suspicion is that this is a fault at the consumer unit, and with the
shower trip in particular.
Yes, I am aware that I should have done something about it a few years
ago, but I certainly want to do it now. From experience, does this sound
like an issue where the remedy is a whole new consumer unit, please?
I hope it is...