Hello

When we moved into our house, someone had previously installed a fused
switch external to the bathroom.
http://www.marinestore.co.uk/Merchan...1/BU110234.jpg

That fused switch then feeds a flex outlet in the bathroom itself,
positioned in zone 3.
http://www.partridgeshadleigh.co.uk/...tlet_Plate.jpg

The actual original towel rail in the bathroom would have been fitted to the
wall in zone 2/zone 3 but was absent, presumably taken by the people who
sold the house to me.

So I fitted a replacement towel rail complying to IPx4 rating and advertised
by the maker (Geyser) as being suitable for zones 2 and 3 - I wired the flex
from the towel rail to the outlet, tested the earthing and that was that.

Have I broken any laws?

On Aug 7, 6:36*pm, John Rumm wrote:
but not by refitting the towel rail! ;-)
Like for like replacement, even in a "special location" is fine.

Indeed...
SI2006 p8
"Replacement, repair and maintenance jobs are generally not
notifiable, even if carried out in a kitchen or special location or
associated with a special installation.

Basically you can DIY everything - however some things are notifiable.

i) Replacing a CU is notifiable - but not a damaged enclosure.
ii) Adding a new final circuit in a kitchen or across garden is
notifiable - but not replacing a rotted SWA which crosses a garden.
iii) Adding a new socket in a kitchen is notifiable - but not
replacing a socket and crimping on new cable which has been damaged by
overheating (loose connection, water penetration causing high
resistance terminals).
iv) Adding a new cooker or shower is notifiable - but not replacement
if it is of the same rating as the original.
v) Extending any circuit in a kitchen is notifiable - but not if not
in a special location eg, in a porch, garage, shed, living room etc.
vi) Adding an outside light on a garden wall is notifiable - but not
if it is attached to the outside wall of a house.
vii) Adding a prefabricated "modular" systems (for example armoured
garden cabling) linked by plug and socket are not notifiable providing
the products CE-marked and that any final connections in kitchens and
special locations are made to existing connection units or points
(possibly a 13A socket outlet). That is a very amusing one.

You can download SI2006 on the ODPM website, hopefully someone shuts
that department next.

So I fitted a replacement towel rail complying to IPx4 rating and
advertised
by the maker (Geyser) as being suitable for zones 2 and 3 - I wired the
flex from the towel rail to the outlet, tested the earthing and that was
that.

Have I broken any laws?


Thank John,js.b1 - looks like I can do most of the replacement things I have
planned. Ta for this feedback.