Shaver socket in bathroom cabinet

[Dusty1]

Hi, I am having new lighting installed in my bathroom and would like to install a cabinet with a shaver point and LV light.
However the electrician who whould be doing the job informed
me the he would have to run a seperate wire from the fuse box. I always
thought that you could use the lighting circuit. Is he trying to rip me off?
Would be grateful for any input.

Regards,

 

[JohnD]

was your house/flat built before 1970?

 

[Dusty1]

Hi, John.
Yes I believe it was around the end of the 60's

 

[streetlighter]

They may be no earth wire in the cable for the lighting circuit as it wasnt required back then. So the Electrician will have to run a new circuit for the bathroom cabinet back to the fusebox or run a separate earhting conductor to the cabinet lights and connect into exisitng lighting circuit which isnt ideal.