Picture Of The Week (With Further Apologies To Old RF...)

[securespark]

 

[xr4x4]

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light switch in bathroom?

 

[securespark]

Getting luke-warm.

 

[RF Lighting]

See what it says on the top of the accessory

It'll be a shaver socket, but without an isolating tx

 

[securespark]

Spot on, old bean!

Dozy Wazzuck!!

You mistakenly buy the wrong thing.

You unpack it.

You fit the box & cable to it.

You turn the socket over to connect the cable to it and notice you've bought the wrong thing.

At this point, how stupid would it be to complete the job?

 

[ColJack]

wouldn't it comply if you fit an isolating transformer for it in the loft?

 

[Lectrician]

What zone?

 

[ColJack]

outside of the zones if it's in the loft surely?

 

[securespark]

wouldn't it comply if you fit an isolating transformer for it in the loft?

As far as I could see, there wasn't one.

 

[Taylortwocities]

What zone?

Elementary

 

[ericmark]

wouldn't it comply if you fit an isolating transformer for it in the loft?

One would think this would make sense but the unit would still not comply with BS EN 61558-2-5 and it does not say shaver socket supplied from a 20 - 50VA isolating transformer with integral switch to switch off supply when there is no plug in socket etc. BS7671 says it must comply with BS EN 61558-2-5 and from what I am told (Never spent out £50 for regulation) it has to have to BS EN 61558-2-5 printed on it to comply.

It would be very hard to find any socket with the switch arrangement to switch off a remote transformer when there is no plug in the socket so unless sold as a pair designed to work together I would not think you could find one to comply?

 

[mfarrow]

The manufacturers instructions are pretty clear. The label doesn't say "not for use in a location containing a bath or shower" or "if you're going to use this item in a bathroom you must use an isolating transformer", but rather "not for use in a bathroom".

Install in a bathroom outside the zones from an isolating Tx in a cupboard and high up a wall if you like, but if failure of the accessory causes a fire then your insurer may have grounds to refuse paying up.