Hi,
I'm in the process of installing the wiring for a new bathroom mirror cabinet in our new bathroom. The cabinet is rated IP44. It has LEDs on the front, a demister pad, a light inside and a shaver socket inside. There is a small rocker switch near the shaver socket to turn it on and off. The demister pad and LEDS are turned on and off by moving your hand near an infrared sensor.
The instructions that came with it, say to install it to the latest IEE wiring regulations, and then just show the flex cable on that protrudes from the back of the cabinet being wired up to a bit of choc bloc, here is the picture.
To get power to the cabinet I intend running a spur from the bathroom light.
Questions.
Q1. Can I simply spur straight off the bathroom light or would it be better to use an FCU or switched FCU or some other type of isolation?
Q2. The cabinet is rated as 300W, so will 5 amp choc block be ok?
Background. Our house was fully rewired to 17th Edition a few years ago (we still even have the part P certificate).
Thanks in advance.
I'm in the process of installing the wiring for a new bathroom mirror cabinet in our new bathroom. The cabinet is rated IP44. It has LEDs on the front, a demister pad, a light inside and a shaver socket inside. There is a small rocker switch near the shaver socket to turn it on and off. The demister pad and LEDS are turned on and off by moving your hand near an infrared sensor.
The instructions that came with it, say to install it to the latest IEE wiring regulations, and then just show the flex cable on that protrudes from the back of the cabinet being wired up to a bit of choc bloc, here is the picture.
To get power to the cabinet I intend running a spur from the bathroom light.
Questions.
Q1. Can I simply spur straight off the bathroom light or would it be better to use an FCU or switched FCU or some other type of isolation?
Q2. The cabinet is rated as 300W, so will 5 amp choc block be ok?
Background. Our house was fully rewired to 17th Edition a few years ago (we still even have the part P certificate).
Thanks in advance.
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