Double pole switch location for shower

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• 23 Nov 2013

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Hi
Is it ok to have the double pole switch in a different room from the shower,the shower unit is a triton ts300i remote control unit which will. Be located away from the shower room either in loft or a cupboard ,so no electrics in the shower cubicle .we already have a bathroom back to back to the shower room which originally had the shower installed and were the existing dp is.so idea was to leave it there and just put a new wire from original dp to new position of shower is this ok or must the dp be moved to another location.

 

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• 23 Nov 2013

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It should be in a fairly logical place. Putting in a loft is totally inconvenient as no one would expect it to be there, and no one likes crawling around in a loft.

Putting it in a cupboard not behind a load of junk may be ok, if the cupboard is not to far away.

Obviously the best solution is a pull cord in the bathroom, or a wall switch just outside the bathroom, but I appreciate this is sometimes not practical.

 

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Sorry not made my self clear,the heating unit is to go either into loft or in a cupboard as the shower is remote control.the dp is not going into cupboard or loft.My set up at the moment is a shower room backs directly onto my bathroom and this is were the dp is located at the moment and there will be no shower in bathroom only in new shower room,I just wanted to know if leaving the dp were it is now is allowable and just extending the existing 10mm cable from existing dp to new shower unit

 

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That's clearer. I suppose you could leave it as it is. Is the existing switch in the bathroom a pull cord?

If the shower heater unit is in a cupboard or the loft, it may pay to fit an additional wall switch next to it as well, so it can be isolated for maintenance conveniently.

 

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Thanks for that,yes the original is a pull switch,it just saves having to re route everything.