Bathroom mirror install

[stender]

Hi all, I need to buy a new bathroom mirror and see quite a few with lights built in. I have a shaver socket right next to where the mirror is to go. Can the mirror be wired off the shaver socket?
If so I assume I would need a mirror with a switch too?

Thanks in advance

 

[winston1]

How is the shaver socket fed? If off the lighting circuit or via a fused connection unit no problem.

Mirrors with lights have switches as well, usually a small pull switch underneath.

 

[JohnW2]

Mirrors with lights have switches as well, usually a small pull switch underneath.

If the mirror has switch(es), that will restrict where it may be located in a bathroom (i.e. not within 'zones').

Kind Regards, John

 

[phatboy]

Most mirrors I have seen recently have a IR control on the bottom instead of a 'switch'.

Some slightly older have a full cord with the switch concealed in the mirror.

The ones I have seen with a proper switch have had a rubber thingy over them, sealing them from the room.

 

[JohnW2]

Most mirrors I have seen recently have a IR control on the bottom instead of a 'switch'. Some slightly older have a full cord with the switch concealed in the mirror. The ones I have seen with a proper switch have had a rubber thingy over them, sealing them from the room.

I doubt that having a switch 'concealed in the mirror' or a having a 'rubber thingy' over it would impress the reg (701.512.3) which forbids anything 'which incorporates a switch' being installed within any of the zones.

Kind Regards, John

 

[conny]

Surely he would be taking sensible precautions by making it wear a rubber thingy.

 

[winston1]

Most mirrors I have seen recently have a IR control on the bottom instead of a 'switch'. Some slightly older have a full cord with the switch concealed in the mirror. The ones I have seen with a proper switch have had a rubber thingy over them, sealing them from the room.

I doubt that having a switch 'concealed in the mirror' or a having a 'rubber thingy' over it would impress the reg (701.512.3) which forbids anything 'which incorporates a switch' being installed within any of the zones.

Kind Regards, John

Really, so what about the traditional pull switch in small bathrooms?
I have an illuminated mirror over the wash basin with a pull cord at the bottom which operates a switch inside. Bought from bathstore.com around 8 years ago. Are you saying this is not allowed?

Re infra red controls. Do you need a remote control to switch on the light?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Really, so what about the traditional pull switch in small bathrooms?

Only the string may be within the zones.

I have an illuminated mirror over the wash basin with a pull cord at the bottom which operates a switch inside. Bought from bathstore.com around 8 years ago. Are you saying this is not allowed?

Not if within the zones unless SELV.

Re infra red controls. Do you need a remote control to switch on the light?

No, they sense your hands or any other body part you wish to use.

 

[JohnW2]

Really, so what about the traditional pull switch in small bathrooms?

Unless the ceiling is very low, a ceiling-mouted pull-switch will not be within the 'zones'.

I have an illuminated mirror over the wash basin with a pull cord at the bottom which operates a switch inside. Bought from bathstore.com around 8 years ago. Are you saying this is not allowed?

In terms of current regulations, indeed I am say that (assuming that the switch is switching 240V). The fact that it was bought from bathroom.com obviously does not, in itself, mean that its use is permitted anywhere in a bathroom. Eight years ago pre-dates the current edition of the regulations, but I don't think things were much different under the '16th edition' - someone here will be able to tell us.

Kind Regards, John

 

[stender]

How is the shaver socket fed? If off the lighting circuit or via a fused connection unit no problem.

Mirrors with lights have switches as well, usually a small pull switch underneath.

Thanks all,
I assume easiest way to tell if off lighting is to switch that circuit off?

If it is do I just run a spur off the shaving socket