Hi,
Just finished sorting out the wiring in our new flat but one problem left. Our new whirlpool bath.
The consumer unit we have is an old stlye one with the plug in fuses. it has four fuses. A 5amp for lighting, 15amp for ring main, 15amp for immersion heater and 30amp for the cooker.
From what i have read on here i can connect the bath to a spur off the ring main using a rcd protected switched fused connection unit. Does this mean i can run a spur from the ring main, stick a switched fused connection unit on it, and then fit a passive inline rcd plug to the cable that comes off the whirlpool bath? the cable is long enough to go out of the bathroom and into the room that houses the consumer unit.
Is this an ok thing to do or am i going to die?
Is there something better on the market to do this task? is so any uk links? none of the big diy stores around here seem to have much choice when it comes to this sort of thing.
The whirlpool bath is 0.7kw 230v and 2.5amps.
Any help will be greatly appreciated as i am looking forward to my first bubble bath'
What size cable should i use for the spur? should 2.5mm2 be ok since the unit doesn't seem to require much power.
thanks in advance.
Matt.
Just finished sorting out the wiring in our new flat but one problem left. Our new whirlpool bath.
The consumer unit we have is an old stlye one with the plug in fuses. it has four fuses. A 5amp for lighting, 15amp for ring main, 15amp for immersion heater and 30amp for the cooker.
From what i have read on here i can connect the bath to a spur off the ring main using a rcd protected switched fused connection unit. Does this mean i can run a spur from the ring main, stick a switched fused connection unit on it, and then fit a passive inline rcd plug to the cable that comes off the whirlpool bath? the cable is long enough to go out of the bathroom and into the room that houses the consumer unit.
Is this an ok thing to do or am i going to die?
Is there something better on the market to do this task? is so any uk links? none of the big diy stores around here seem to have much choice when it comes to this sort of thing.
The whirlpool bath is 0.7kw 230v and 2.5amps.
Any help will be greatly appreciated as i am looking forward to my first bubble bath'
What size cable should i use for the spur? should 2.5mm2 be ok since the unit doesn't seem to require much power.
thanks in advance.
Matt.