"Take two toothbrushes into the bathroom?"

[ebee]

He can (seen it done loads of times).
He may not or safety reasons though (wel in UK that is).

Last one I saw was by a Spaniard living here - plug in bedroom wired in 1.0 T & E no cpc connection, run under carpet thru wall into bathroom then trunking up wall to patress and a twin socket with a shaver adaptor plugged in just over LHB .
He couldn`t see what was wrong with it.
The same chap had a piece of flex coming out of wall in living room just above skirting with a plug to nearest socket for his wall light.

Mind you, only a few tears ago a bloke asked me for some earthwire because he was changing his wooden wall lights to metal ones .
I suggested he used the cpc on the T & E I gave him for the install a couple of years previously but he then informed me that he had pulled it all out from the cable because it was not needed at the time.

You couldn`t make this up could you? LOL

 

[the_jinj]

So you guys are saying he should install a double socket (not double shaver skt) in his bathroom?

 

[ebee]

Most certainly not

 

[the_jinj]

Just wire in a double socket outlet, no problem its only a charging unit to be plugged in what harm will that do

Point is he can't as it's in a bathroom.....

Who says he can't?

Am I missing something? Or was that referring to a double shaver outlet?

 

[Spark123]

If he is using BS7671 to satisfy P1 of Part P then he should not install a double socket in the bathroom. If he is using some other EU wiring regulations then good luck to him.
Under BS7671 there is nothing stopping him installing two adjacent single shaving sockets with isolation transformers.

 

[the_jinj]

If he installs a double socket in the bathroom he won't satisfy Part P no matter what standards he works to.
I know a double shaver socket is fine but a double skt outlet was implied hence why i queried bans comment :/

 

[plugwash]

If he installs a double socket in the bathroom he won't satisfy Part P no matter what standards he works to.

and what part of part P would he be violating?

 

[the_jinj]

Sorry worded badly but what I was getting at when the council inspect and test they will be following 7671 - also need to issue certs to same standards.
I realise it doesn't violate Part P directly as it says 1 way to comply is use 7671 (or words to those effects)

 

[plugwash]

yes unfortunately building control like to try and enforce stuff thats not in the actual laws.

i don't know if anyones managed to get a british socket in a bathroom past BC yet but i know at least one person here has managed to get a german schuko socket wired on its own circuit to german standards and certified using a translation of a german certificate past them.

 

[TheOriginalSlimJim]

I current have a "double" shaver socket in the bathroom, but only one will work with the toothbrush as one is 115v and the other (the one that the charger works on) is 230v.

 

[Spark123]

The way I would suggest to overcome this is to install another 230v shaver socket with isolation transformer adjacent to the original shaver socket giving you two separately isolated shaver sockets. (Doing this is part p notifiable.)

 

[ebee]

It`s all a lot of hassle for a toothbrush.
Why not brush teeth with a "proper" brush?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Under BS7671 there is nothing stopping him installing two adjacent single shaving sockets with isolation transformers.

Or normal sockets documented as a departure from BS 7671.

 

[the_jinj]

Under BS7671 there is nothing stopping him installing two adjacent single shaving sockets with isolation transformers.

Or normal sockets documented as a departure from BS 7671.

...but surely this would be considered unsafe and failed by the inspector? Unless maybe a RCD socket? What I want to know is if they believe it unsafe how do they argue the case with you? Take you to court?

 

[Adam_151]

...but surely this would be considered unsafe and failed by the inspector?

Yes, bathrooms in most other countries are deathtraps beacuse they have sockets...

Unless maybe a RCD

I beleive that is required, but even in the days before RCDs, forgein bathrooms weren't deadly...