Shower light
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It will say in the instructions where it can be fitted.
IPX4 is all an electric shower has to be and look where they go.
IPX4 is all an electric shower has to be and look where they go.
Does the circuit have RCD protection?
No it doesn't, thanks for replying
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From what the electrician has said, I think the shower head is not far enough under the light? Thanks for replying
My belief ... And I may be very wrong, was that mains voltage IPX5 equipment was allowed in Zone 1, as long as the device was protected by a 30mA RCD.
I wait to be corrected!
I wait to be corrected!
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Does the shower head point upwards?
Again, where would an electric shower - also IPX4 - be fitted?
It could be argued against for a replacement light - but that does not make the light unsuitable.
I wish I knew what you just said lolMy belief ... And I may be very wrong, was that mains voltage IPX5 equipment was allowed in Zone 1, as long as the device was protected by a 30mA RCD.
I wait to be corrected!
Sorry!
If you don't know, a bathroom is divided into zones, where electrical items in that zone have to meet a certain level of protection to minimise the risks of electrocution!
A (very simplistic!) guide here!
https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/lighting/bathroom-lighting
Note: the 225cm. height is measured from the floor; not the base of the shower or bath.
It might not make sense but that's the way it is.
Also, the shower zones are not correct either; the 60cm. is measured from the edge of the door, so likely won't reach the wall; i.e. where you can reach - it would be as shown if there were no cubicle, and
there are no zones around the basin.
Nearly all such diagrams on the internet are wrong.
It might not make sense but that's the way it is.
Also, the shower zones are not correct either; the 60cm. is measured from the edge of the door, so likely won't reach the wall; i.e. where you can reach - it would be as shown if there were no cubicle, and
there are no zones around the basin.
Nearly all such diagrams on the internet are wrong.
That is, of course, one of the countless examples of what EFLI was referring to when he wrote:
Kind Regards, John
I have no doubt that the link was exactly what EFLI was referring to!
A more comprehensive link (for a DIY'er), could be:
https://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/bathroom-electrical-safe-zones.htm
But even here, there seems to be the implication that only SELV is allowed in Zone 1.
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... and (per their table) much the same (with the exception of shaver sockets) in Zone 2.I have no doubt that the link was exactly what EFLI was referring to!
Perhaps worse, although the description of Zones in text seems essentially correct, the first diagram (incorrectly) shows a Zone 2 around a basin!
... which all goes to show that EFLI was right
Kind Regards, John
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