Hi, I've seen lots of answers to questions on this topic, but can't find a specific one for my situation. Our house was completely rewired professionally about 10 years ago. At that time the electrician installed low voltage halogen down lighters in the bathrooms. they were pretty poor quality, not fire rated and now desperately need replacing. I'd like to move to LED lights, but really struggling to find low voltage, IP65, fire rated fittings. There are plenty of mains voltage fittings, but I'm not clear whether simply changing the fittings to mains voltage (in zone 1) would require the addition of RCD protection (the circuits aren't currently fitted with an RCD).I get that new circuits would need protecting.
If the answer is yes, then I can see that changing the MCB for an RCBO would be an option and I could probably do that, but would it more properly require a qualified electrician? If so, changing a few light fittings is going to an expensive affair!
If the answer is yes, then I can see that changing the MCB for an RCBO would be an option and I could probably do that, but would it more properly require a qualified electrician? If so, changing a few light fittings is going to an expensive affair!