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Sorry for the stupid questions and dull topic, but the last time I had a DIY question and posted it here, I got so many helpful responses that I thought I'd give it another try!

My shower's broken. It stopped working after the power to the house tripped (which is happening semi-regularly, annoyingly). This already happened two weeks ago, and when my letting agency sent a plumber out he told Dindon that it just needed the fuse replacing. So I'm guessing it's the same problem again - all well and good and simple, but I've no idea where the damn fuse for this thing is! I've opened up the shower unit itself and I can't see a fuse anywhere. Any idea where it might be located?

Here's a schematic of the shower:



I can't find a fuse anywhere amongst that lot...

The shower looks exactly like this, if this helps at all:



Sorry again for the lameness of my question and general DIY ignorance... thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Mains electricity + water after you just blew your facial-hair off trying to fix the boiler?

There's living on the edge, and there's living on the edge.

Seriously, if the fuse has blown, you want to establish why it has blown before doing anything else. I reckon you'd be wise to call a sparky.

wouldn't the fuse for the water heater be at the electrical board, where the power comes into the house? check there, and see if there's a fuse or a cicuit breaker labeled 'water heater' or something which looks to be tripped.

Yea - I would check the fuse box, although it would be sorta odd for a circuit dedicated just to the shower. Are the outlets working in the bathroom?

also, alberto is right: figure out WHY it's blowing, so you do not catch fire.

jayryan wrote:wouldn't the fuse for the water heater be at the electrical board, where the power comes into the house? check there, and see if there's a fuse or a cicuit breaker labeled 'water heater' or something which looks to be tripped.

Artistic and handy. I think I'm in love.

Jay's right, Simmo. The fuses or breakers should be in a panel
either somewhere in your apartment or in the buildings basement.


Why haven't you moved out of that death trap yet?

Why not replace the electronic head for a pressure head?

Oh, it's some British, electrical shower head.
I don't know. Looking at the diagram, I'd
say #3 is pointing at something fuse shaped.

Alberto the Frog wrote:Seriously, if the fuse has blown, you want to establish why it has blown before doing anything else.

True.

Be careful. I wouldn't open it up unless I was sure that there was no live electricity inside. You'd also need to know the correct fuse rating. Don't let any jack-of-all trades handy man fuck you about by doing a bodge job. These things need to be safe.

Alberto the Frog wrote:Seriously, if the fuse has blown, you want to establish why it has blown before doing anything else. I reckon you'd be wise to call a sparky.

There could be a short in the wiring that is causing the breaker/fuse to trip. Or, perhaps you need a fuse with a higher rating than the one that's in there now. The fuse would not be located in the unit itself, but in your breaker/fuse box for the house. The best advice is to let an electrician sort it out. I've never seen a hot water unit like this in the states. Do you have one of these units on the kitchen sink? It seems economical to only heat the water that you're using instead of keeping a tank of water heated at all times, but it must put an extreme load on the wiring when hot water is suddenly required.