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jungaju | 15:42 Mon 03rd May 2004 | Home & Garden
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I have a Mira Advance shower 3 years old and it has stopped working. There is power to the d/p switch but nothing on the shower. After ringing Mira and being assured that the fault is not with the shower i turned off the fuse to the shower to take a look in the switch. Even with the shower turned off at the fuse box every time i touched the internal parts of the switch with my screwdriver the whole house's electric tripped off. Does anyone know if this is a fault with my wireing or the switch?
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Sounds very much like the switch is faulty, if your house is protected by an earth leakage trip this would explain why it trips when you touch the switch with a screwdriver as it would detect neutral currents passing through the screwdriver and the metal box.
16:18 Mon 03rd May 2004
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Yup, a neutral to earth will trip the trip even if the fuse is out. Sounds like a faulty DP switch.
17:09 Fri 03rd Sep 2004

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