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Electic Shower Cable

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  • 17-10-2015 6:48pm
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    Payton
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    My sister is in the process of renovating her bathroom. She wants the shower moved so the pull cord for the shower will have to be moved also. Now the cable is not long enough to go to where she wants it to be. Can I add about a meter of the correct gauge including junction box as its impossible to go back to the fuse board.


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    Sleeper12
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    There is no need to move the pull cord just because you are moving the shower itself.


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    Payton
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    It'll be slapped bang in the middle of the new hallway


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    Stoner
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    is the cable short from the board to the pullcord or from the pullcord to the sower


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    Sleeper12
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    Payton wrote:
    It'll be slapped bang in the middle of the new hallway

    If she is moving stud partitions and remodelling the bathroom then it's not much extra work rewiring the shower back to the fuse box (using an REC of course). It's a perfect time to run 10mm cable.


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    Payton
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    Stoner wrote: »
    is the cable short from the board to the pullcord or from the pullcord to the sower
    From the board to the location for where she wants it too be.


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    aido79
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    Payton wrote: »
    From the board to the location for where she wants it too be.

    It would be very bad practice and a fire hazard for an electrician to extend this cable but for someone who is not an electrician to attempt this is really asking for trouble.


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