Is It SAFE? Electric Hot Water Tap with Shower Head 

Please read this comment. I am a UK spark now living very rural ex soviet europe. These taps are very very common. The problem with them is this: If you lose water supply to that unit for whatever reason and the tap gets turned on by a cat or something, it will absolutely will, without a shadow of a doubt catch fire! I lost half my barn this way. It was on a 16amcb and didn't trip until it was really on fire. I'll never ever fit one for a customer.

It's a roughly 3000W heater, so the flex already attached to it looks fine (1.25 or 1.5mm²?) as you said. Pointless replacing that short length, but I'd run at least 2.5mm² from that commando socket on the cabinet given it's length. Ideally get a 32A MCB fitted though and build a small board with a garage type consumer unit and some proper 13A sockets from that outlet for the washing machine/tumble drier/shower.

Dear people, these tap are safe if installed and used properly, to start you connect it to a power outlet which is earthed. Then you have an on off switch connected to the tap so only when u want to use it do u turn the swich on. U can also install a small circuit breaker to the system if u want it to trip directly instead of the whole house or system.There is a guy who says well cat will turn it on and it burns the shed how can it be on without power to it?similar all my water faucet or taps have a stop valve beneat the sink or basin so i can stop flow anytime independant to the mains. I am not even a plumber or electrician i planned like that. Id like to add also since the last 38 years we have in our houses electric showers ,never been electrocuted or fires. Of course stupid people will get into problem so😂😂😂😂.also when i used any electric heater i turn heating off let the water get cold then turn off so the internal do not keep hot water inside.durability of components.

The 13A fuse in the plug means that if it draws more than 13A over a period of time then the fuse will blow preventing the plug & wiring heating up. The UK supply voltage is 230V +10% -6%, so in theory the supply voltage could be closer to 250V meaning more power for that 13A max. It certainly is safer to keep it on that wiring & the 13A fuse as the safety of having the 13A that will blow versus having it a breaker at a higher amperage like 16 or more will mean the heater could draw more power beyond the 3000W rated max. I personally think these are an excellent idea especially in areas where people are going to intermittingly washing their hands & not having to wait to run the hot tap to finally draw some hot water.

I think the answer is probably if you have doubts about the safety of something, it's likely unsafe lol. Just because it's a manufactured product definitely doesn't guarantee it's safety. Arthur is a star by the way.

I don’t know why but my facial muscle contort slightly when you talk electrics 😂🙈.

Totally looks dodgy to me, reminds me of my kitchen in the workshop. I have a wall mounted water heater. I got a plumber to fit it and he didn't use any ptfe so it leaked. Did a butter job myself. 🙄 Totally get the not having any one to bounce ideas off. 😁 nice to be in the 30% I'm thinking of putting the best stuff at the end of videos just to reward the die hards and sod the rest 😁

Where can i get it and how much each

Where the element sit the cap keeping popping out why does this happens

If it gets blazing hot, why do you say it only works ok?

I bought one of these and was just about to fit it but after reading the review I will just bin it and use a kettle for hot water, sounds like it’s not worth it

Very often the CE mark is actually for Chinese Export.

Did it worked well?

Aiden, you are opening up a whole can of worms. No two electricians will want to do the job the same way. I suspect they will always want to over-specify everything. I'm no electrician but I do sort of know that circuit breakers & fuses protect the wiring. The circuit breakers and fuses should be rated less than the maximum capacity of the wiring down stream. Fuses behave differently to circuit breakers under fault/overload conditions. The Fuse 'probably' takes longer to blow and may require higher peak currents to go open circuit (trip). So a 13 amp fuse would 'probably' take an overload current of 15 amps (especially for a short duration). It is good you are creating a cheap set-up to work out what features you want the utility area to have....then spend the real money on the final solution when you are ready. I would say you need a bigger basin....or a smaller dog (unlikely!!) PS It is probably wise to have an electrician check the final solution....if you have one doing some work on the property.

Think I would have bought a cheap electric shower from a reputable maker and wired it as per their reccomendations

Mine started off fine but now it's not safe 😭..

i wouldn't use it even nikola tesla rises from grave and gives me thumbs up.

CE Marked at the time of inspection or it's probably self certified. I would'nt risk it. 👎

issue you are in England. and they are illegal to use in your country

I spent 2 years living in Mazatlan, Mexico 🇲🇽 and they had electric ⚡️ (death showers 🚿) shower 🚿 heads 😱😱that heated the water 💦 as it passed through the actual shower 🚿 head 😱😱😱😱.There’s quite a few deaths every year lol 😂 as you can imagine I’m sure 😧

A brick, or a rocket, could be unsafe if wrongfully used. And you have what you pay for anyway.

I am from nepal and today I bought this and tried and mine one also got red hot and finally melted. Don't know the exact reason but maybe it is because of low water pressure. Found this video while looking for a tutorial to assemble the tap heater. *DO NOT BUY THIS THING IF YOU LOVE YOURSELF OR YOUR FAMILY.*

dude... so boring. Skip to 6:50 if you want to see the tap being tested.