Power Shower fuse replacement?
 

First off, I've moved to London from Australia so I'm very unfamiliar
with how things are done here plus I dont feel comfortable with
anything involving electricity at the best of times.

We are renting a flat that has a Triton T80si power shower installed.
It has never worked for us. The electrician looked at it and thought it
was the fuse so he took the fuse, said he'd be back with a new one and
we have never seen him again (luckily, this is a second shower...). I
figure if its just the fuse I should be able to replace it myself but I
dont know what type of fuse to ask for or what shop to go to. Can
anyone help me? I'm in Ealing, if that helps.

Chloe wrote:

First off, I've moved to London from Australia so I'm very unfamiliar
with how things are done here plus I dont feel comfortable with
anything involving electricity at the best of times.

We are renting a flat that has a Triton T80si power shower installed.
It has never worked for us. The electrician looked at it and thought it
was the fuse so he took the fuse, said he'd be back with a new one and
we have never seen him again (luckily, this is a second shower...). I
figure if its just the fuse I should be able to replace it myself but I
dont know what type of fuse to ask for or what shop to go to. Can
anyone help me? I'm in Ealing, if that helps.

any electrical wholesaler would have them. But what fuse...

Its legal to do your own electrical work here btw.


NT

Chloe wrote:
We are renting a flat that has a Triton T80si power shower installed.
It has never worked for us. The electrician looked at it and thought it
was the fuse so he took the fuse, said he'd be back with a new one and
we have never seen him again (luckily, this is a second shower...). I
figure if its just the fuse I should be able to replace it myself but I
dont know what type of fuse to ask for or what shop to go to. Can
anyone help me? I'm in Ealing, if that helps.

Complain to the landlord. Do not attempt to repair it yourself. If there
is a fault on the circuit or appliance it might be dangerous simply to
replace the fuse without knowing why it blew in the first place. It's
the landlord's responsibility (and why you pay him considerable amounts
of money every month) and you could be liable if you unknowingly make
things worse.

Owain

If it helps, the power ratings for it can be 7.5kW, 8.5kW or 9.5kW, not
sure which one it is though...

Owain wrote:
Chloe wrote:

We are renting a flat that has a Triton T80si power shower installed.
It has never worked for us. The electrician looked at it and thought it
was the fuse so he took the fuse, said he'd be back with a new one and
we have never seen him again (luckily, this is a second shower...). I
figure if its just the fuse I should be able to replace it myself but I
dont know what type of fuse to ask for or what shop to go to. Can
anyone help me? I'm in Ealing, if that helps.


Complain to the landlord. Do not attempt to repair it yourself. If there
is a fault on the circuit or appliance it might be dangerous simply to
replace the fuse without knowing why it blew in the first place. It's
the landlord's responsibility (and why you pay him considerable amounts
of money every month) and you could be liable if you unknowingly make
things worse.

Owain


Good point, I'd overlooked that it was rented.

NT

"Chloe" wrote in message
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First off, I've moved to London from Australia so I'm very unfamiliar
with how things are done here plus I dont feel comfortable with
anything involving electricity at the best of times.

We are renting a flat that has a Triton T80si power shower installed.
It has never worked for us. The electrician looked at it and thought it
was the fuse so he took the fuse, said he'd be back with a new one and
we have never seen him again (luckily, this is a second shower...). I
figure if its just the fuse I should be able to replace it myself but I
dont know what type of fuse to ask for or what shop to go to. Can
anyone help me? I'm in Ealing, if that helps.


You shouldn't touch any of the appliances in the property Chloe. The
maintenance and repair is all down to the landlord or owner / manager of a
rented flat. For you to have to do these things by yourself is not in your
rental contract, as all fixed appliances in a rented property must be
maintained by the factors.

Leave it alone and play bloody hell with the landlord. Tell them you stink
all over because you can't wash properly, and they'll get the cleaning bill
for your smelly clothes as well.

You shouldn't touch any of the appliances in the property Chloe. The
maintenance and repair is all down to the landlord or owner / manager of a
rented flat. For you to have to do these things by yourself is not in
your
rental contract, as all fixed appliances in a rented property must be
maintained by the factors.

Leave it alone and play bloody hell with the landlord. Tell them you
stink
all over because you can't wash properly, and they'll get the cleaning
bill
for your smelly clothes as well.

This advice is basically sound but as someone who has been both landlord and
tenant for many years I would advise you to approach your landlord or his
nominated agent calmly and rationally. Sounds like he will know perfectly
well that this is a second shower so you can hardly be depending on it for
all your washing. And if he is halfway decent as a landlord he will
recognise this as a perfectly reasonable request to fix an appliance and act
on it because he wants you to stay happy.

Leave it alone and play bloody hell with the landlord. Tell them you
stink
all over because you can't wash properly, and they'll get the cleaning
bill
for your smelly clothes as well.


This advice is not legally sound, and would only lead to significant
deterioration in business relations with your landlord. Unfortunately
some tenants do act this way. At best it would get you regarded as a
prat and ignored, at worst it could even cause you problems, its not an
approach I'd recommend.


NT