"The nice bathroom people fitted it for us"
At least the towel's will be warm!
At least the towel's will be warm!
Towel Rail
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Depends if there are any live connections in that box or whether the flex goes straight through to the other side of the wall/ elsewhere without being broken and also whether the element is rated for use in the zone.
Its a 20amp connection plate. Fed from a 20ap dp isolator, fed from a 30ma RCD fused spur, fed from the final ring main which is supplied from a 30ma RCD protected board.
What a silly place to put a towel rail.
Did they ask where you wanted the towel rail?
It's not my house, one of my customers.
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I agree, it's a silly place to put it.
However, rather like the infamous shower with the pull cord switch above it and the cable clipped direct, it could be compliant if there are no connections inside the plate and the heating element is suitably IP rated.
However, rather like the infamous shower with the pull cord switch above it and the cable clipped direct, it could be compliant if there are no connections inside the plate and the heating element is suitably IP rated.
True, but do you really believe that there is a significant chance that there aren't connections inside the plate?
Kind Regards, John
If the tiles are at least as thick as the outlet plate, isn't it in Zone 2?
That seems mighty close to 'brinkmanship', but I suppose you are right! Parts of the towel rail clearly are in Zone 1, but that,of course, is OK if the manufacturer says it's OK for Zone 1.
I'm not actually sure I understand the 'spirit of' (i.e. thinking behind) the position of the Zone 1/2 boundary - do you?
Kind Regards, John
There are connections in the plate.
That's what I assumed. However, as BAS has pointed out, if you can argue (because of the depth of the tiles+cement) that the plate is beyond the end of the bath, then it would be in Zone 2, and hence compliant with the regs. Connections (but not switches or sockets) are allowed in Zone 2. Whether or not the towel rail itself (at least some of which is certainly in Zone 1) is compliant depends on whether the manufacturer says that it is suitable for use in Zone 1.
Kind Regards, John
No - I don't understand why Zone 1 does not extend horizontally.
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