"Fredrick Skoog" wrote in message ...
Hi Everyone,

I'm looking to buy a drier which I intend, for the foreseeable future, to
put in the bathroom - basically as this is the only place I have room for
it!! As there is nowhere to vent it out of, I'm going to get one of the
condenser types (does anyone know if they're any good?), my problem is
getting the juice to run it on.

Obviously there is no plug point directly in the bathroom, however there is
a single socket in an airing cupboard in the bathroom which currently powers
the pump for the power-shower and which I was hoping to adapt to run the
drier as well. My first problem is the actual plug socket itself. At the
moment it is a single point which I presume I could convert to a double
socket to accommodate both however a colleague of mine suggested that a dual
socket extension (with a small lead) plugged into this and then fixed to the
wall of the cupboard would be sufficient and a much easier solution. This
sounds a bit dodgy to me (like potentially overloading the plug if anyone
has a shower whilst drying), am I being stupid and missing something
obvious?

The second problem concerns the distance between the machine and the
position of the 'new' socket; I'd need a machine with a cable of around 3m
long to cover the distance. If-needs-be is it quite straight forward for a
suitable trained person to put an extended cable on to the machines? I'm
presuming it's a bit dodgy to be having normal extension cables lying around
in a bathroom albeit tucked well out of the way (although probably no more
dodgy than having the drier in there in the first place?).

Any help and tips much appreciated!!

Thanks


Depends what you mean by dodgy.

In Holland it is perfectly acceptable to have a washing machine and
condenser dryer in the bathroom wired into wall sockets. Often the
washer takes cold water only to munimise the number of water
connections. Dodgy? I don't thinks so, unless someone can show
differential safety statistics on Dutch washing machine deaths.

Dodgy in terms of the local UK regulations... That I don't know.

Safety unfortunatly is not directly related to standards and
regulations.

Eric