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

X-No-archive: yes

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.

Next to the existing single socket, install an 13A RCD fused
connection unit. If the entire circuit is protected by a 30mA
immediate action RCD already, a standard fused connection unit will do
(at much lower cost). Run T&E cable from this (i.e. 2.5mm T&E) to a
flex outlet in the bathroom, not near to the bath or shower. Cut the
plug off the drier's flex and connect to the flex outlet. You mustn't
install the drier or flex outlet within 60cm of the bath or shower.
You mustn't install a socket instead of a flex outlet. You mustn't run
the cable near to the bath or shower.

Christian.

"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?)

eat less power than non condenser ones, and cost more.

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 power eaten by a power shower pump is small, and wont cause
overloading. The real issue here is the mixture of the dryer with the
damp/wet environment.


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?

sure.

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

right.

Any help and tips much appreciated!!

I can't suggest you do it since youre putting a drier in a wet
bathroom. Others will doubtles comment more on this.


Regards, NT

"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

"Fredrick Skoog" wrote

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?),


I've always found them to work well.

Barbara

wrote:

"Fredrick Skoog" wrote


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?),



I've always found them to work well.

Barbara


We had one which has 'retired' after about 6 years. I was effective as
a drier and very effective as a room heater. I uses air drawn from the
room passing through a heat exchanger to condense the moisture in the
exhaust air, so the cooler the air going in, the more effective it is at
condensing the water from the exhaust air. Make sure that you clean the
condenser unit (usually removable) regularly as if it becomes obstructed
the thermal trip operates - on my example non-resettable and £20 for two!

Malcolm
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In uk.d-i-y, N. Thornton wrote:

I can't suggest you do it since youre putting a drier in a wet
bathroom. Others will doubtles comment more on this.

Indeed, Christian's already done a fine job of laying out the consequences
of the very latest IEE Regs revision about Zones 0,1,2,3 in bathrooms, which
relax the older "nothing but shaver-sockets and string-operated switches
in British bathrooms, no way, no how" to rather more rational "nothing you
can foreseeably put fingers or other sticky-out or dangly bits into when
you're dripping wet in the bath", at the expense of some complications which
are all about defining what's considered a likely reach distance from a
bath/shower.

So, if the OP is happy to comply with all the details Christian summarised,
they'll be on a win. If they want to consult the "why", they need to scour
the Net for a picture of the new bathroom Zones and figure it all out.

HTH, Stefek