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Isolation & Switching

whjohnson

Given that on Xmas Eve was called out to yet another example of an electric shower isolator burning off it's neutral at the terminal, is it time to cease fitting isolators for the likes of ovens and showers?

Can we not just isolate in the consumer unit instead?

From what I have seen, there isn't an isolator of sufficient quality on today's market which is capable of carrying out it's function without burning out during normal service.

Compliments of the Season to one and all.

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    A merry Christmas to WHJ and everybody else too.

    Clearly there has to be some form of functional switching, but why isolation?

  • 0 in reply to Chris Pearson

    For maintenance purposes? If say, a plumber needs to work on any fittings withing the shower enclosure?

    Or let us look at the problem another way - what if any reg would I be contravening if I just straight-thru crimped the former isolator connections instead of simply replacing the isolator?

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  • 0 in reply to Chris Pearson

    For maintenance purposes? If say, a plumber needs to work on any fittings withing the shower enclosure?

    Or let us look at the problem another way - what if any reg would I be contravening if I just straight-thru crimped the former isolator connections instead of simply replacing the isolator?

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