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Can I use the cable which fed an electric boiler to power a standard 10.5 kw shower?
Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.39 PM
Can I use the cable which fed an electric boiler to power a standard 10.5 kw shower? The old cable is still live,10mm. The old boiler has now been removed. The cable feeds to a switch with light indicator and is a dedicated feed.
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Anonymous user
Yes no problem. I would recommend a 30mA RCD on the circuit with a shower connected, though. May not be one on the boiler. Priory its an ELECTRIC boiler. They are far higher wattage than gas. Be at least a 10mm2 I would would think.
Answered5 February 2021
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Priory Electrical
Rating: 5 out of 5
I would get someone to check first I don't think it would be a 10mm cable going to an old boiler I imagine it's the old stranded 2.5 cable and you should have an electrician verify this for you
Answered4 February 2021
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McDowell’s Gardening Maintenance
Rating: 3.7 out of 5
Yes, the cable should be fine. But I would recommend getting it checked/tested though and the right RCD protection installed.
Answered5 February 2021
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Anonymous user
Absolutely not ! The standard feed for a domestic boiler would be a 2.5mm squared radial circuit on potentially a 16 or 20 Amp breaker. The minimum a 10.5Kw shower would need is 10mm square on a 45 Amp breaker ( preferably 50A & RCBO or RCD protected as a minimum ). Get an electrician in.....
Answered2 March 2021
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