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Bathroom shaver socket
Rather than install a standard large shaver socket in the tiled wall my idea is to put a single switched outlet inside a cupboard in zone 3 of the bathroom. I would connect my contactless shaver charger to this. As far as I can see this does not fall foul of the regs - am I correct? -- rbel |
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Bathroom shaver socket
On 21/07/2012 18:39, rbel wrote:
Rather than install a standard large shaver socket in the tiled wall my idea is to put a single switched outlet inside a cupboard in zone 3 of the bathroom. I would connect my contactless shaver charger to this. Zone three no longer exists - it was removed with the introduction of the 17th edition. Sockets are permitted in bathrooms now so long as they are 3m from the end of zone 2 (so only large bathrooms need apply!) As far as I can see this does not fall foul of the regs - am I correct? depends on how far away the cupboard is, and whether you need a tool to open in. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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Bathroom shaver socket
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:39:18 +0100, John Rumm
wrote: On 21/07/2012 18:39, rbel wrote: Rather than install a standard large shaver socket in the tiled wall my idea is to put a single switched outlet inside a cupboard in zone 3 of the bathroom. I would connect my contactless shaver charger to this. Zone three no longer exists - it was removed with the introduction of the 17th edition. Sockets are permitted in bathrooms now so long as they are 3m from the end of zone 2 (so only large bathrooms need apply!) As far as I can see this does not fall foul of the regs - am I correct? depends on how far away the cupboard is, and whether you need a tool to open in. The cupboard is part of a run of fitted furniture (tool not required to open it) and will be within 3 metres of the edge of the bath, however, I had thought of using a switched connection unit rather than a socket and hardwiring the contactless shaver charger to it. This would not be new wiring, just picking up that to the existing, now redundant, shavolite. -- rbel |
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Bathroom shaver socket
On 21/07/2012 19:54, rbel wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:39:18 +0100, John Rumm wrote: On 21/07/2012 18:39, rbel wrote: Rather than install a standard large shaver socket in the tiled wall my idea is to put a single switched outlet inside a cupboard in zone 3 of the bathroom. I would connect my contactless shaver charger to this. Zone three no longer exists - it was removed with the introduction of the 17th edition. Sockets are permitted in bathrooms now so long as they are 3m from the end of zone 2 (so only large bathrooms need apply!) As far as I can see this does not fall foul of the regs - am I correct? depends on how far away the cupboard is, and whether you need a tool to open in. The cupboard is part of a run of fitted furniture (tool not required to open it) and will be within 3 metres of the edge of the bath, however, I had thought of using a switched connection unit rather than a socket and hardwiring the contactless shaver charger to it. This would not be new wiring, just picking up that to the existing, now redundant, shavolite. Yup hard wired to a FCU is fine... (although as Brian said, its your place, and you are not proposing anything inherently stupid, so just do what is sensible) -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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Bathroom shaver socket
On 21/07/2012 22:22, John Rumm wrote:
On 21/07/2012 19:54, rbel wrote: On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:39:18 +0100, John Rumm wrote: On 21/07/2012 18:39, rbel wrote: Rather than install a standard large shaver socket in the tiled wall my idea is to put a single switched outlet inside a cupboard in zone 3 of the bathroom. I would connect my contactless shaver charger to this. Zone three no longer exists - it was removed with the introduction of the 17th edition. Sockets are permitted in bathrooms now so long as they are 3m from the end of zone 2 (so only large bathrooms need apply!) As far as I can see this does not fall foul of the regs - am I correct? depends on how far away the cupboard is, and whether you need a tool to open in. The cupboard is part of a run of fitted furniture (tool not required to open it) and will be within 3 metres of the edge of the bath, however, I had thought of using a switched connection unit rather than a socket and hardwiring the contactless shaver charger to it. This would not be new wiring, just picking up that to the existing, now redundant, shavolite. Yup hard wired to a FCU is fine... (although as Brian said, its your place, and you are not proposing anything inherently stupid, so just do what is sensible) I think in general that's good advice too - just with the caveat that if you are thinking of selling the property any time, any visible 'non-standard' electrical wiring is likely to cause a surveyor to flag up a "DIY electrics alert" which could end up being a real pain. David |
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rbel wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:39:18 +0100, John Rumm wrote: On 21/07/2012 18:39, rbel wrote: Rather than install a standard large shaver socket in the tiled wall my idea is to put a single switched outlet inside a cupboard in zone 3 of the bathroom. I would connect my contactless shaver charger to this. Zone three no longer exists - it was removed with the introduction of the 17th edition. Sockets are permitted in bathrooms now so long as they are 3m from the end of zone 2 (so only large bathrooms need apply!) As far as I can see this does not fall foul of the regs - am I correct? depends on how far away the cupboard is, and whether you need a tool to open in. The cupboard is part of a run of fitted furniture (tool not required to open it) and will be within 3 metres of the edge of the bath, however, I had thought of using a switched connection unit rather than a socket and hardwiring the contactless shaver charger to it. This would not be new wiring, just picking up that to the existing, now redundant, shavolite. Why not just put a shaver socket in the cupboard? -- Adam |
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