my mon recommend her relative to install water heater for me, at a RM120 charge

he causes the power to trip. He blame its the water heater problem. ( the water heater is brand new )
whats the problem?

the problem he asked for RM 280, said he check here and there and request i should buy JOVEN water heater for installation

he shouted and i pay RM220 to him first without doing anything.successful.

what should I do.?
should i let him.continue to do or just find another electrician?



This post has been edited by Irresistible: Dec 18 2025, 04:26 PM

it must be installed by a certified electrician

water heart must be installed by certified personnel... kenot simply ask ppl to install..

installed wrongly keno KWISPY'ed while taking a bath, dun blame water heater brand later...

dont play around with electricity

many years back, my family also called a relative to to do some wiring and got burn after few days

on that day onwards, we always called certified electrician to do the jobs

this.

your relative is not the above can move aside.

one question: how to know if he is a certified one?

big companys like senheng, etc if do aircond, water heather
or search online, many companys provide it

my situation same with TS, relatives ask when want do continue the jobs, I said repair done by best friend already and free of charge. Actually I called the company which provide certified electrician and paid for it

problem solves without conflict with relatives

Got certificate lah can check

you already paid him, then tell him to get lost; find a proper sparky

if you can do some basic "proper" wiring, certificate is not a must .. just basic amps properly needed for for certain household stuffs ..

I installed Joven EC802 (quite old model) given by my cousin, but the heat sensor was broken .. I just bought the sensor from Joven factory (Kota Kemuning) installed myself and rewire the back panel (previously I was using Panasonic heater whereby the rear case inlet differs) ..

P/S - I can now do 3 phase wiring, done few projects (I dont have any certifications)

call some Malay guys, u can find in FB's offering wiring jobs ADs .. they're actually good ..

My last water heater trip is because the GND (green/yellow) wire was install improperly. Some electrician they use thick wire but it only contain Live and Neutral...no Grounding

THis

actually can be done on your own if you know how to connect the wires

And know the spec. Dont use thin wire for water heater.

Better find a certified electrician. High current equipment - can cause serious damage to property & life.

Fool you once, shame on him. Fool you twice, shame on you.

find another electrician man .

don't mess with your life .

just pay n move on

Easy, u wanted to see ur ancestor early then just continue to let him do the job

Otherwise go seek professional certified installer

Simply pull wires kah? Water heater could pull quite high current.

U mean what to do with the water heater or with your relatives?

thanks for the info. Then, the water heater not spoilt? can still use after do grounding.
?

grounding is a must, if not the heater will go offline after certain time of usage .. for shower heaters;

Live and Neutral to use 2.5mm with single max 20A (RCCB), Earthing can use 1.5mm, no problem ..

in my personal case which is Joven model EC802 (outputs 3.3kW), uses 15A so I share the 20A RCCB with kitchen LED lights which is total of 3 fluorescents

if other higher kW shower heaters may consider 25A RCCB ..

Grounding is a must like above poster comment. After that you can use the water heater safely

Pakai lah solar heater ......nice

your mum recommended the relative, but without your consent? then by right you shouldnt need to pay him anything. get him to undo whatever sloppy work he has done, fly kite, and go find a proper electrician

This post has been edited by RigerZ: Dec 18 2025, 11:07 PM

sure this is Joven? .. more like like Livinox or Panasonic

.. and wait, ure mom relative is not ure relative?

Toshiba

the water heater, dont have valve?

pardon my shouting

YEARS AGO, MY NEIGHBOURS OF 2 BROTHERS DIED TOGETHER
ONE GOT ELECTROCUTED IN THE BATHROOM
THE OTHER WANNA HELP
ALL BECOZ OF A SELF-INSTALLED WATER HEATER

Relative also expensive. Rather find other qualified ppl which can blame.

very honest 2 cent, please GET A PROPER INSTALLER/TECHNICIAN - WHY? CAUSE OUR JIRAN SENDIRI INSTALL SENDIRI KENA KEJUTAN ONE FINE MORNING MANDI PAGI SHIOK SHIOK KENA ELECTROCUTED.
So don't play2 when come to electrical thing - especially when got water involved - very fast way got meet thy maker

I see .. nice brand but obsolete in terms of parts, and is the current unit broken? why he asked to change to Joven?