dingbat said:Good question. Officially we have a 230V supply in the UK, but that's only on paper. The short answer is, yes. A heating appliance will have no problem with the 4.3% extra voltage and will actually draw proportionally less current for the same output.
ban-all-sheds said:No socket allowed anywhere in the bathroom - there is no distance where it becomes OK - if your appliance has a plug, then you will have to cut that off and wire it instead to a fused flex outlet.
As for the other points - if it's designed for a French bathroom then it won't suffer in an English one - steam is steam.
Regarding British Standards - not sure that this is now legally sound. I'm no lawyer, but I was under the distinct impression that if an item meets the appropriate EN standard for whatever it is, then it cannot be banned from sale in any member country because it does not meet that country's own domestic standard?
So the above may mean that the insurance company can't object. And don't forget - there is nothing to stop you using a French insurance company...
FWL_Engineer said:Ban, no-one mentioned putting a socket in the bathroom, had it been so I think one of us would have jumped on it sooner.
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