shower pullcord

[oasistechnical]

now here we go;

i have a client that says that you can put the DP pullcord in the shower room as longga s its not in zones one or two???

correct ???

me personally (i am a trained electrician, but i dont do domestic!!! only commercial) i used to always put the pullcord on the outside of the room


am i wrong and is my client right, i would like to know.

thanks in advance

i am going to go back to the alarm part of thtis forum, were i belong !!!!


John
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[Steve]

The point of a pullcord is there is no risk in using it with wet hands. So IMO it COULD be put inside the shower enclosure. But in the bathroom is perfectly safe. Often see them just outside the shower cubicle. Not sure on zones, but most ceilings are at 2400mm anyway.

Why outside the room?

 

[oasistechnical]

we used to do alot of work for a local council in east london and they specified the pullcord had to be outside the shower / bath room.

i suppose in the days that i re wired properties we always just followed what we were shown, IE spec for the install

what i should really do is either call the NIC EIC hotline (if there is one) or sit and read the 17th !!!!

 

[securespark]

The body of the switch must be outside the zones, but the insulating pullcord can be within the zones.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

i am a trained electrician, but i dont do domestic!!! only commercial)
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what i should really do is either call the NIC EIC hotline (if there is one) or sit and read the 17th !!!!

The latter would be a good move...