Wiring a geyser electric towel rail to socket on landing

trignorton · 1 Oct 2010

Hi Folks, please can I have some advice?
I want to wire a towel rail rated 200w to a double socket on landing by:
Fitting the towel rail in a safe zone in bathroom.
Connecting to switched FCU mounted to a single box near rail.
Single box routed through wall into sm. conduit.
Connected into double socket on landing.

What the best wat to connect wire from conduit to double socket?

Any advice appreciated.

plugwash · 2 Oct 2010

any particular reason for using surface mount conduit on the landing?

Taylortwocities · 2 Oct 2010

That circuit MUST be RCD protected. Is it?

If not you'll need an RCD spur instead of the switched FCU.

Oh, by the way. This is notifiable work. You'll need to notify the local authority (and pay some £££) before you start work.

trignorton · 2 Oct 2010

Hi All,

The upstairs ring is protected by a 30A RCD, I intend to spur off from it.

The route where the wire goes is tricky to route through the floors, also I want to minimise mess.

Thanks

stem · 4 Oct 2010

trignorton said:
The upstairs ring is protected by a 30A RCD

I doubt it!

I think you are getting confused. RCD's are rated in milliamps (mA) they trip in the event of an earth fault.

On the otherhand, MCB's are rated in Amps (A) they trip in the event of an overload.

Taylortwocities · 5 Oct 2010

If the circuit is rated at 30amps then it is unlikely to be RCD protected.
Send us a picture of your consumer unit/fuseboard

pjcomp · 5 Oct 2010

Avoid the switched FCU in the bathroom - from the towel rail go to a flex outlet, from the flex outlet through the wall to the landing into your switched FCU, then connect to the ring main at the socket (once the business about the RCD has been resolved).

PJ

trignorton · 5 Oct 2010

Great advice many thanks. The consumer unit is protected by a 30mA RCD. I will connect the rad to a flex outlet then through the wall into a switched FCU on the landing, and then run through about 2m of SM. conduit and wired into the ring main at the socket.

Taylortwocities · 5 Oct 2010

But you must do this FIRST!!

Taylortwocities said:
This is notifiable work. You'll need to notify the local authority (and pay some £££) before you start work.

See //www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:part_p:diy_electrical_work_and_the_law for details

trignorton · 6 Oct 2010

I get my mate round who is NICEIC approved to check it all out before it goes live.

ban-all-sheds · 6 Oct 2010

If he really was a mate you would not be asking him to lie for you on official documentation.

trignorton · 6 Oct 2010

Thanks, I will talk to him first. At least I have an idea what's involved.

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