Want to install LED mirror in bathroom - Can I? . . .

[zooptee]

Doing up my bathroom. I want to install an LED mirror. Can I "tee-off" an existing supply cable that runs to a light socket? Apologies for asking but the regs are too complex for me to understand to be honest. I need to know if I can do this in a practical sense and also a legal sense.

Thanks in advance. . .

 

[Steve]

Yes you can, because you are in Scotland and you avoid part p.

However, the spirit of the regs is that you dont do it.

 

[martinxxxxxx]

Could you clarify what you mean by light socket?


Is this the the bulb holder in the bathroom?

Martin

 

[zooptee]

Thanks for replying.

The cable I want to "tee-off" from is the electrical supply that feeds the light switch. I was hoping to take it from upstream of the light switch, so that the mirror will work independently from the switch, so even if the light is off I can still use the LED mirror.

I was going to use the same cable rating as the one that I was planning to tee-off from.

If this is all okay then what looks a simple job can go ahead.

SO I should be ok then?

 

[electronicsuk]

You may not be able to do as you plan, as you're assuming there will be a neutral at the light switch, when in the majority of cases there will only be live and switched live. You'll probably need to come from the light fitting itself.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

http://www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:lighting

 

[Jacobssi]

Think u also need to check the power rating of the led mirror, you dnt wana end up burnin the cable out or tripping the fuse. Check the wattage of the mirror.

 

[Jacobssi]

Think u also need to check the power rating of the led mirror, you dnt wana end up burnin the cable out or tripping the fuse. Check the wattage of the mirror.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Even if we ignore the fact that LED lighting powerful enough to overload a lighting circuit would boil your eyes, it's not possible for an overload in a properly designed circuit to cause a cable to burn