Thanks for clarifying. As you say, it's probably not an unreasonable concept, which goes beyond the minimum requirements of BS7671 - but is clearly incorrect (and confusing/misleading) to make it appear as a BS7671 'zone'.
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Bathroom circuit for heated mirror from redundant immersion circuit
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Yep, and to add another, virtually all MK accessories (including FCUs) are said (in their Data Sheets) to be "IP2XD".
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The entire range of accessories is IP2X, including the flex outlet plate: https://storage.electrika.com/manu/man-0170/pdftech/cr1075.pdf
so it's just a case of not considered at all for anything.
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May have done this before, but hell, in for a penny....
Is that resistance against beer?
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The only reason as per my OP for using the 16A circuit is that it is currently redundant and is already running down the wall near to where the vanity unit will be located. Yes I could use the lighting circuit and I do have a feed I could use but would have to reroute for the purpose when I already have a cable in place.
How far from the bath is it?
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The middle of a 600mm vanity unit located at the end of the bath.
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The mirror would be, I.e. the cable ends, the FCU would be 300/400mm from the end of the bath if you draw a vertical line up from the end of the bath, but ceiling height less the distance to the FCU so from the edge of the bath about 1600mm above it
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Not at home to check at the moment, will post back later.
Yes!
Back in the 16th any area that was not in zones 0, 1 or 2 and inside a vertical area less than 2.25m from ffl and inside a horizontal area less than 3m from the edge of a bath/shower was in Zone 3.
Therefore (unless it was situated in Zon1 or 2) a basin would always be located in zone 3.
Thats a bit of pedantry, really, but AFAIK, there has not been a time when there has been a specific zone area (1or2) round a bathroom sink.
As you go on to say, that's a bit pedantic, and not an answer to the question I was asking (I'm well aware of Zone 3 - which some diagrams claim still exists!) ....
That was my question, and thanks for your answer - which is what I expected. As you will have seen, Flameport has given an explanation of how the 'basin zone' came about.
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Thanks for all your responses. It appears to me that this is open to interpretation and that the standards are not clear cut hence the length of this thread. My feeling is that I will reroute my lighting circuit after pulling back the 16A immersion circuit and terminating in the loft space, or maybe use it for a socket in the loft.
You could do both. Put a socket on the cable in the loft and connect your mirror.
It's just a (presumably) 16A circuit. No interpretation required.
It's just a (presumably) 16A circuit. No interpretation required.
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