Is it normal for electric shower heaters not to be grounded?
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Re: Is it normal for electric shower heaters not to be grounded?
So..
You shower in a small room with live mains power, coming out of the wall, within a foot of your shower head; using a cheap resistance heater, chewing a heap of amps for fa return, installed by a Khmer, in a 2 wire society and have to ask if its safe?
(Do i get a prize for the longest continuous sentence?)...... bring on the tefflers and punctuation police!
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You shower in a small room with live mains power, coming out of the wall, within a foot of your shower head; using a cheap resistance heater, chewing a heap of amps for fa return, installed by a Khmer, in a 2 wire society and have to ask if its safe?
(Do i get a prize for the longest continuous sentence?)...... bring on the tefflers and punctuation police!
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Re: Is it normal for electric shower heaters not to be grounded?
There are no wires in that pipe. It's just the water inlet. If you're getting shocked by that then the element in the box must be live and the water is acting as a conductor. Get it fixed or replaced. Unless you want your wet, dead naked body on the floor in all the local papers (and here).
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Re: Is it normal for electric shower heaters not to be grounded?
99% ort laor Bong, price coffin can talk!timmydownawell wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:11 pm They are supposed to be grounded but they almost never are. Like 99%.
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Get the thing fixed. That flexible woven water pipe looks like it's connected to the shower unit with a plastic connector. So there must be some problem with a live wire connecting with that pipe somewhere in the wall.
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I've installed a Beko at home, nothing but plastic on the outside, very narrow electricity inlet, sealed it just a bit more, and it's very well designed against potential incoming water in general, costed me 85$ at Chhoun Leap on SH blvd near Olympic/st 163 area. They suggested me to come and install it for an additional extra 10$, but the latter i politely refused... They're about the best place you can find for any electric stuff, TV's, Washing Machines, etc... If interested in their exact location just PM me!
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They are great value! I always recommend them too.Borum-Ex frm TOForum wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:57 pm I've installed a Beko at home, nothing but plastic on the outside, very narrow electricity inlet, sealed it just a bit more, and it's very well designed against potential incoming water in general, costed me 85$ at Chhoun Leap on SH blvd near Olympic/st 163 area. They suggested me to come and install it for an additional extra 10$, but the latter i politely refused... They're about the best place you can find for any electric stuff, TV's, Washing Machines, etc... If interested in their exact location just PM me!
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Re: Is it normal for electric shower heaters not to be grounded?
Bekos are pieces of Turkish shit.timmydownawell wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:00 pmThey are great value! I always recommend them too.Borum-Ex frm TOForum wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:57 pm I've installed a Beko at home, nothing but plastic on the outside, very narrow electricity inlet, sealed it just a bit more, and it's very well designed against potential incoming water in general, costed me 85$ at Chhoun Leap on SH blvd near Olympic/st 163 area. They suggested me to come and install it for an additional extra 10$, but the latter i politely refused... They're about the best place you can find for any electric stuff, TV's, Washing Machines, etc... If interested in their exact location just PM me!
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Beko+fire
Re: Is it normal for electric shower heaters not to be grounded?
Scarytimmydownawell wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:44 pmThere are no wires in that pipe. It's just the water inlet. If you're getting shocked by that then the element in the box must be live and the water is acting as a conductor. Get it fixed or replaced. Unless you want your wet, dead naked body on the floor in all the local papers (and here).
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Re: Is it normal for electric shower heaters not to be grounded?
Barang chgout wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:40 pm So..
You shower in a small room with live mains power, coming out of the wall, within a foot of your shower head; using a cheap resistance heater, chewing a heap of amps for fa return, installed by a Khmer, in a 2 wire society and have to ask if its safe?
(Do i get a prize for the longest continuous sentence?)...... bring on the tefflers and punctuation police!
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But what is the alternative and for the stupid (me) which ones are ok and which not if a person wants a shower with hot water? Are people saying that no box type shower installation should be trusted here?
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Re: Is it normal for electric shower heaters not to be grounded?
Seemingly their tumble dryers and freezers, mine's manufactured in SGPcptrelentless wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:19 pmBekos are pieces of Turkish shit.timmydownawell wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:00 pmThey are great value! I always recommend them too.Borum-Ex frm TOForum wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:57 pm I've installed a Beko at home, nothing but plastic on the outside, very narrow electricity inlet, sealed it just a bit more, and it's very well designed against potential incoming water in general, costed me 85$ at Chhoun Leap on SH blvd near Olympic/st 163 area. They suggested me to come and install it for an additional extra 10$, but the latter i politely refused... They're about the best place you can find for any electric stuff, TV's, Washing Machines, etc... If interested in their exact location just PM me!
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Beko+fire
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