Electrical – Kohler Thermostatic Electric Shower User Manual

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In a domestic installation, the rating of the electricity supplier’s fuse and

the consumer unit must be adequate for the additional demand. All Mira

electric showers are high power units, it is essential to contact your

electricity supplier to ensure that the supply is adequate for the product.

Voltage drop due to local heavy demand will reduce the shower’s

performance.

The appliance

must be earthed

by connecting the supply-cable earth

conductor to the earth terminal.

Supplementary bonding:

Within the bathroom or shower room, all

accessible conductive parts of electrical equipment and extraneous

conductive parts (metal parts) that are likely to introduce earth potential,

must be electrically bonded to earth using a minimum cable size of

4.0mm

2

if the cable is not mechanically protected, (.5 mm

2

if

mechanically protected).

The minimum cable size (cross-sectional area) required should be in

accordance with BS 767.

As a guide only, and in accordance with BS 767 we recommend close

circuit protection: i.e. 9.8 kW = 45 Amp

It is strongly recommended that a 30 mA Residual Current Device (RCD)

is included in the electrical circuit. This may be part of the consumer unit

or a separate unit.

A separate, permanently connected supply must be taken from the

consumer unit to the appliance through a double-pole switch, which has

at least 3 mm of contact separation. The switch can be a ceiling mounted

pullcord type within the shower room, or a wall mounted switch in an

adjacent room.

DO NOT

twist the individual cable cores of either the live or neutral

conductors, as this will prevent them from entering the terminal block.

DO NOT

exert strain on the terminal block. Ensure that the electrical

connections are tightly screwed down.

DO NOT

turn-on the electrical supply until the plumbing has been

completed.

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