FCU for Shower pump

[Nitell]

Hi

As far as the Regs are concerned is it okay to fit the Fused Connection Unit in the airing cupboard where the pump is located. Ease of access. Or next to Consumer Unit ?.

Thank you for replies.

Nitell

 

[JohnW2]

As far as the Regs are concerned is it okay to fit the Fused Connection Unit in the airing cupboard where the pump is located. Ease of access. Or next to Consumer Unit ?.

Within reason, you can install the FCU wherever you want, other than (if it is switched) within Zones 1 or 2 of a bathroom. Fairly close to the pump would make sense.

Kind Regards, John

 

[Nitell]

Okay, thank you. I forgot, wet hands.

 

[JohnW2]

Okay, thank you. I forgot, wet hands.

Yep, presumably for that reason, no switches are allowed in zones 1 or 2 of a bathroom (and no sockets, other than 'isolated' shaver sockets, within 3m of a bath or shower).

Kind Regards, John

 

[ban-all-sheds]

So why are switches allowed in kitchens? People have wet hands there also, from washing up, washing fruit and veg, or washing their hands prior to food prep.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Isn't the reason that you don't stand in the sink.

Whether it is justified or not is another matter.

 

[JohnW2]

Isn't the reason that you don't stand in the sink.

Probably, and nor are do most people have bare wet feet in a kitchen, even if they are not standing in the sink.

Whether it is justified or not is another matter.

Indeed - and, in any event, 'Why' questions about regulations should really be addressed to the authors of the regulations, not to those who have to work to the regulations.

Kind Regards, John

 

[EFLImpudence]

Probably, and nor are do most people have bare wet feet in a kitchen,

They very well might reaching just 600mm. from the shower, so...

 

[JohnW2]

They very well might reaching just 600mm. from the shower, so...

Quite so, so ...

.... 'Why' questions about regulations should really be addressed to the authors of the regulations, not to those who have to work to the regulations.

Kind Regards, John

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Isn't the reason that you don't stand in the sink.

Whether it is justified or not is another matter.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Probably, and nor are do most people have bare wet feet in a kitchen, even if they are not standing in the sink.

I do not have bare wet feet when I've washed my hands in my bathroom basin, (a) because they are not necessarily bare, and (b) because I don't stand in the basin.

Even if I did have bare wet feet from having been in the shower, I would never try to use them to operate a light switch.

As for wet hands, if I can be trusted to dry them in a kitchen before fiddling with a switch, why not in a bathroom?

But in any event, wall switches are not banned in bathrooms.

 

[EFLImpudence]

You're not a bit like I imagined.

 

[JohnW2]

You're not a bit like I imagined.

Indeed - if nothing else, the horns and flames shooting out of the mouth appear to be absent ... but he does seem to have a telling library of images!

Kind Regards, John

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Well, I do have a library of images, but not along those lines - it's ones I've posted here. I remembered using that before in an earlier topic ( https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/shock-from-toaster-while-in-the-bath.304162/ ), and back then I used an image-hosting site, cos the forum image hosting was so lamentable, and I used to keep a record of which topics I posted images in so that if ever I wanted to re-use them I could go back and find the hosting URL instead of uploading them again. Wasn't sure if I'd kept the details of that one, but the thumbnail wasn't hard to spot amongst all the diagrams and screenshots of electrical stuff.

 

[securespark]

So why are switches allowed in kitchens? People have wet hands there also, from washing up, washing fruit and veg, or washing their hands prior to food prep.

Reduced body resistance in bathrooms due to removal of clothing.