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[BazaJT]

Been to get in shower only to find it's stopped working Pulling the ceiling mounted cord results in the usual loud click,the little rotary thing goes from showing off to on and the little red light illuminates[although it doesn't seem quite as bright as usual-but that could be a false impression]but as soon as button is pressed on shower unit to turn it on the little red light goes out and nothing happens,press the button on the shower as though turning it off and the red light re-appears.The shower is a Triton T80 and is at least 7yrs old if not older.Is it likely to be the shower that's fubar or could it be the pull switch that has a fault meaning it's unable to cope with the load of the shower going on it?

[STEMO]

I've dabbled with electrics in the past. Have you hit it quite hard, on both sides?

[TheBoy]

Those ceiling pull switches are universally somewhere between crap and bloody crap.  So I know what I've be checking first.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Break out the tin bath, Barnsley style. It will be hanging on the inside of the shithouse door.

[STEMO]

Break out the tin bath, Barnsley style. It will be hanging on the inside of the shithouse door.

Outside wall in the yard, heathen. The first kettle of boiling water is just to melt the ice in it. 

[BazaJT]

My tin bath rusted out a couple of weeks ago so can't use that anymore

[STEMO]

My tin bath rusted out a couple of weeks ago so can't use that anymore

It must have been one of those 'modern' ones. Ours was good for about 50 years. 

[Varche]

My bet, ceiling switch. Had same thing with my Dad’s back in first lockdown.

Fixed for £20 including delivery of part same day. Usual caveats dealing with electrics but my advice is mark up cables when disconnecting. My dads wiring is 1960’s .

[BazaJT]

Thanks people.I'll go with a new ceiling switch[only £12.99p from Wickes]and see where we are after that.

[TheBoy]

Thanks people.I'll go with a new ceiling switch[only £12.99p from Wickes]and see where we are after that.

Get a decent quality one, not the shite Wickes sell.


Also, to prove, bypass the ceiling switch to test

[Enceladus]

Get a Contactum or an MK.

The wiring might be upto 10mm sq depending on the shower rating and the distance to your consumer unit. This sometimes makes it very awkward to get a new switch connected. So consider a deeper box, which of course is uglier.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

My tin bath rusted out a couple of weeks ago so can't use that anymore

You really need a cracked bar of carbolic to set off a tin bath......luxury.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

For the genuine 1950's tin bath experience the water should be cold and cloudy, because your 3 sisters have all used it before you.

[Lizzie Zoom]

For the genuine 1950's tin bath experience the water should be cold and cloudy, because your 3 sisters have all used it before you.

.........and all set in a very drafty, poorly heated kitchen

[Doctor Gollum]

You had a heated kitchen? No wonder you're going soft