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[khaan]

I wondered if there may be any electricians on this forum?

I have anxieties about the electrical switchboard in my new apartment because one of the switches (relating to the water heater in the shower ) keeps " tripping " sporadically about once or twice every day even when the shower heater is not being used. I am not sure what the proper terminology for this switch box is but it is similar to the one in the picture below although this is not the actual one in my apartment.

The maintenance man from the apartment building has already looked at it a few weeks ago after I reported it then and had a look at the switch and for a while everything was okay. But now the same fault is occurring again.

The reason I am so anxious is because it is only the switch relating to my shower which is the one that keeps tripping and so I keep wondering whether this is a signal that the water heater itself is malfunctioning even though it is brand-new because I'm in a new apartment building .

You read so many stories in Thailand of people being electrocuted in the shower that I think it's better to be safe than sorry which is why I decided to post this question.

In my switchboard are 4 single switches and 1 double am from left to right they are labelled as being

1 the shower

2air-conditioner

3 electrical sockets

4 lights

The double switch at the right side of the panel doesn't have any labeling at all.

I am just wondering if anyone here with a knowledge of electricity can tell me whether I am worrying unnecessarily or whether my anxiety is indeed founded and that it is the shower heater itself which is showing signs of some fault which is causing the switch in the box to keep tripping?

Edited November 4, 2011 by khaan

[SuperZozo]

I am not electrician . As your breaker is tripping one or twice a day, I would suggest this. Disconnect the heater and wait one day. If the breaker is still tripping, you have a problem on your line, maybe a short circuit. If it is no more tripping, the problem lies in the heater.

In any case, take care !

[Dante99]

I am not electrician . As your breaker is tripping one or twice a day, I would suggest this. Disconnect the heater and wait one day. If the breaker is still tripping, you have a problem on your line, maybe a short circuit. If it is no more tripping, the problem lies in the heater.

In any case, take care !

Interesting but what if the problem is a faulty breaker?

In any case the OP should get it fixed and stop using the shower until it is fixed.

[Dellboy218]

I wondered if there may be any electricians on this forum?

I have anxieties about the electrical switchboard in my new apartment because one of the switches (relating to the water heater in the shower ) keeps " tripping " sporadically about once or twice every day even when the shower heater is not being used. I am not sure what the proper terminology for this switch box is but it is similar to the one in the picture below although this is not the actual one in my apartment.

The maintenance man from the apartment building has already looked at it a few weeks ago after I reported it then and had a look at the switch and for a while everything was okay. But now the same fault is occurring again.

The reason I am so anxious is because it is only the switch relating to my shower which is the one that keeps tripping and so I keep wondering whether this is a signal that the water heater itself is malfunctioning even though it is brand-new because I'm in a new apartment building .

You read so many stories in Thailand of people being electrocuted in the shower that I think it's better to be safe than sorry which is why I decided to post this question.

In my switchboard are 4 single switches and 1 double am from left to right they are labelled as being

1 the shower

2air-conditioner

3 electrical sockets

4 lights

The double switch at the right side of the panel doesn't have any labeling at all.

I am just wondering if anyone here with a knowledge of electricity can tell me whether I am worrying unnecessarily or whether my anxiety is indeed founded and that it is the shower heater itself which is showing signs of some fault which is causing the switch in the box to keep tripping?

[Dellboy218]

If your shower unit is switched off and your breaker is intermittently tripping I would suspect a fault on the cable/heater unit first of all. If you do not have any test equipment available but happy to use screwdrivers then as has been suggested, turn off the breaker, discconnect the wire(s) at the breaker and see if it still trips. Then try the same at the shower end. That should tell you whether it is the breaker, the cable or the shower unit. If this rply gets disjointed. Then apologies but am currently working on a Chinese gas boat and the internet connection leaves a lot to be desired.

[SuperZozo]

Interesting but what if the problem is a faulty breaker?

In any case the OP should get it fixed and stop using the shower until it is fixed.

Perfectly right, the breaker can be faulty. However, I believe that the heater is probably the weakest point and is definitely the most dangerous part. So must disconnect it... and call a specialist.

[NancyL]

I'd leave it to the Thai electrical "experts" to use screwdrivers to test if a circuit is live. I've seen them do it here numerous times. I guess it's cheaper than buying a meter, but we sure wouldn't try it. Better to pay an "electrician" a few hundred baht and let him use his own "test equipment".

Meanwhile, disconnect that shower heater. You really don't need to be taking hot water showers this time of year, anyway. That hot water just dries out the skin.