Electric heated towel rail

[steve1975l]

I plan to fit a new electric towel rail to a bathroom I am doing at the moment but have a couple of questions.

Does the towel rail have to be a minimum distance from the bath/wash basin?
Can I use a switched fused spur on the outside to connect up the electrical element?
How do I connect up the cable from the element as the cable flex is not long enough to go to the spur.

Thanks Steve.

 

[Qedelec]

Minimum distance will depend upon the IP rating of the towel rail. Check the reference section.

The rail should be bonded.
Connect the mains cable from the rail to a blanked sunk junction box and take a feed from there to a fused switched spur located outside the bathroom.