Shaver and toothbrush sockets

[Crakkers]

it makes a big difference. Quite a lot of people call the room with just a toilet and sink in it a “bathroom”. And the electrical regulations for that room are very different for the room that has a toilet, sink and bath or shower.
That’s why we kept asking for clarification.

Your any socket in your room needs the isolating transformer or to be placed more than 2.5metres from the edge of the shower and/or bath. It doesn’t matter if it’s a regular uk socket, or a European one, etc.

There’s no wiggle room on that.

So does that include dedicated shaver sockets? If so most people must contravene the regulations as few bathrooms are that big.

 

[JohnW2]

So does that include dedicated shaver sockets? If so most people must contravene the regulations as few bathrooms are that big.

No - 'dedicated shaver sockets' (with an 'isolating transformer') are specifically allowed in Zone 2, so OK provided they are at least 600mm from the bath or shower.

 

[Crakkers]

No - 'dedicated shaver sockets' (with an 'isolating transformer') are specifically allowed in Zone 2, so OK provided they are at least 600mm from the bath or shower.

So my plan could now be to put one inside my cabinet. Would that be ok??

 

[Taylortwocities]

So my plan could now be to put one inside my cabinet. Would that be ok??

Not unless it is a proper shaver socket with an isolating transformer. how many more times? its a mandatory requirement.

 

[Crakkers]

Not unless it is a proper shaver socket with an isolating transformer. how many more times? its a mandatory requirement.

Of course it would be a dedicated shaver sockets, how many more times??

 

[JohnW2]

So my plan could now be to put one inside my cabinet. Would that be ok??

Provided it was a 'proper' shaver socket (with an isolating transformer) yes, it could, and would not have to be inside a cabinet if it were more than 600mm frombath/shower.

 

[securespark]

I have fitted them inside cabinets before where customers preferred them to be concealed.

 

[Crakkers]

I have fitted them inside cabinets before where customers preferred them to be concealed.

Hi. Now I’ve come to do exactly this, fit the dedicated socket into my cabinet, the bloody twin and earth coming out of the wall is not long enough!! So, can you suggest a safe way of extending it with an absolutely minimal sized fitting?? Agghhhhhhh!

Thanks in advance.

 

[ebee]

Quite a lot of people call the room with just a toilet and sink in it a “bathroom”

Most folk do not have a "sink" in a bathroom, some might have a basin (a.k.a a Lavatory Hand Basin) in though.

I suppose a Bath or a Shower or both might be enough to qualify it actually being called a Bathroom though if we not too strict on the semantics.

 

[AndyPRK]

If a bathroom doesn’t have a bath in it, I don’t know what would

 

[Taylortwocities]

If a bathroom doesn’t have a bath in it, I don’t know what would

In civilised countries you would expect that. But hop across the pond to TrumpLand, and here’s the result:


Americans use a few different words for a bathroom depending on the setting. In private homes, they call it a bathroom. In public spaces like stores or restaurants, they refer to it as a restroom. In American English, the word "toilet" is used strictly for the physical appliance, not the room. [1, 2, 3]
The specific term used generally depends on the situation:

• Bathroom: The standard term for a room in a private residence, even if it only contains a sink and a toilet.
• Restroom: The standard, polite term used when in public places. Signs in public buildings will almost always say "Restroom".
• Half-Bath / Powder Room: A small room in a house that only contains a toilet and a sink, with no bathtub or shower.
• Lavatory: A formal term mostly reserved for airplanes or trains.
• Washroom: Occasionally heard in some regions (more commonly in Canada).