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person
Council have changed pendant to a 2d light in my bathroom instead of a pendant, does this have to be done due to change in the regs?
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Depends where the pendant was in relation to the bath and or shower.
Depends what you call a pendant and where it is in relation to the bath.
Batten holders are allowed in bathrooms still subject to location.
Batten holders are allowed in bathrooms still subject to location.
i do work for the concil, we have to put steam proof 2d light fittings in all the bathrooms we do work on, no matter what size the bathroom is
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Johnmelad502
I think it's more to do with building regs rather than electrical ones..
on new builds, at least one fitting has to be of an energy saving type, so either a special pendant that takes a funny lamp, or in most cases, some form of fluorescent is used in the bathrooms where you are less likely to want a lampshade... ( and can't use pendants anyway, must be batten holder type.. ).
the council probably use this spec in rewires on their housing stock too.. ..
on new builds, at least one fitting has to be of an energy saving type, so either a special pendant that takes a funny lamp, or in most cases, some form of fluorescent is used in the bathrooms where you are less likely to want a lampshade... ( and can't use pendants anyway, must be batten holder type.. ).
the council probably use this spec in rewires on their housing stock too.. ..
Yes I agree that a light fitting that is designed for steamy and moist enviroments is a better solution but any light can be installed in a bathroom providing the lowest connection of conductors is above 2.25m
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