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Owain
 
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"Derek *" wrote
| Don't ever use a calor gas appliance in a bathroom it could
| be deadly.
| For the heating bulb look for "heat lamps", some he
| http://www.commercial-lamps.co.uk/ac...eat_lamps.html

"These are large filament lamps desiged to produce more heat than light they
are extensively used in catering." ie for keeping food hot, in specialised
fittings.

There are two heat-and-light units at TLC
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Ind...Light_Unit/ind
ex.html

one using 4 x 250 W of the heat lamps you mention, together with an ordinary
lamp for light, and one with a heating element

| You need the type made of hard glass soft glass will shatter if
| it gets splashed whilst it's hot. £6.88 for a pack of 10 (+vat)
| Check also that the socket will withstand the temperature.

And that the circuit will withstand the loading. 750W or 1kW of heating is a
large part of a 6A lighting circuit.

Owain