Bathroom mirror wiring

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Hi I have a bathroom mirror with built in led lighting and demist pad and a 1m flying lead, I can connect to the existing ceiling lights, a ring in the attic via fused spur or plug top connected to the above ring, any help ?
Thanks
 
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You certainly can't use a plug top (the cover of a plug), but you may be able to use a complete plug.
 
Thanks it has 2 touch controls on the face of the mirror 1 for light & 1 for the demist pad
 
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OK. It is most usual to connect these to the lighting circuit*.
Quite often, that is the most accessible power for a bathroom.
NOTE: the circuit will need to be RCD-protected. Is it?

* Ignore the one individual who will come along on here to say that you must not connect anything to a lighting circuit, but a light.
 
Ok can I connect the flex onto 1.5 twin & e and connect into lighting circuit or do I need to fuse it ?
Thanks
 
Ok can I connect the flex onto 1.5 twin & e and connect into lighting circuit or do I need to fuse it ?
Thanks

No need to fuse, lighting circuits are already 'fused' in your CU.

No need for 1.5mm twin and earth, 1.0mm is perfectly adequate.
 
It is a silly term - but I have read an explanation (might have said before) that the reason for it is that people - presumably in the areas that still use the term - used to call sockets plugs therefore the plug top fits in the plug.

The explanation did not say why this, even dafter, name came about.
 
I did some work for a guy who called every accessory a plug, switches, CCU, ceiling rose, and he pronounced conduit "condwee"
 

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