FCU in bathroom
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The meter cupboard.
Then don't reply to topics where you can't be bothered to do a proper job
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You can have an FCU in the bathroom as long as it is outside zone 2 and appropriate for the location. As adding the said FCU is in a special location you will be required to submit a building notification as you are not a part P registered sparks. In addition installation will need to be brought up to 17th edition requirements re: RCD protection for the circuit you are working on and supplementary bonding to all other circuits in the bathroom.
Might be cheaper to get a sparks in if you want it done right.
Might be cheaper to get a sparks in if you want it done right.
Where's the logic and consistency in that given that in a recent topic all were agreed that BS 7671 does not require existing installations to be brought up to the current standard, and that it was even permissible to replace a CU when the lighting circuit had no cpc? A position which is endorsed by the ESC.
What's your reason, as in a properly thought out, rational, logical and consistent position, for picking and choosing bits of the 17th which are new and saying "these changes must be retrofitted but these others we can ignore"?
maybe he believes everything mark coles writes. A sorry situation 
Adding strain relief as appropriate should be the simplest of tasks for a decent spark. sorry bout the rubbish photo.
Or a manufacturer saving costs by selling just the faceplate part of a flex outlet on its own, to be used purely as a blanking plate?
possible, but i don't think so. There doesn't appear to be any provision in the moulding for any other parts to be attached
So how is one supposed to provide strain relief?
A blanking plate is a blanking plate
and
A flex outlet is a flex outlet.
The work involved in making that blanking plate into a flex outlet proves this.
No strain relief
No connections
Possibly that centre hole is for making TV sockets by the manufacturer.
And the very shallow knockouts round the edges could be used with a flushed in box for fixed surface wiring, something like BT wiring.
and
A flex outlet is a flex outlet.
The work involved in making that blanking plate into a flex outlet proves this.
No strain relief
No connections
Possibly that centre hole is for making TV sockets by the manufacturer.
And the very shallow knockouts round the edges could be used with a flushed in box for fixed surface wiring, something like BT wiring.
Direct like for like replacements are permissable in a special location but changing a blanking plate for an FCU is not like for like and therefore this part of the installation would require upgrading to 17th edition. In this case a simple RCD FCU would suffice. I was not saying the entire installation had to be upgraded.
Which regulation says that?
Which regulation says that?
Where's the logic and consistency in wanting to add RCD protection to the bathroom to bring that part of the installation up to the 17th given that in a recent topic all were agreed that you can replace a CU when the lighting circuit had no cpc without bringing that part of the installation up to the 17th?
What's your reason, as in a properly thought out, rational, logical and consistent position, for picking and choosing bits of the 17th which are new and saying "these changes must be retrofitted but these others we can ignore"?
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