Just done first fix on a new bathroom and customer has a new whirlpool bath being installed and a steam shower very fancy and both with radio etc etc.
However they have both been purchased on web from abroad.
Both have come with creepage protectors fitted inline with a 13A plug on each.
My...
Hi , just want your thoughts on this , tiled bath panel sealed , with ip44 leds in the tiles, wired from existing switch , switch powering socket in loft lv transformer in plug pluged into skt and wired to leds in bath panel,
psc current of low voltage? because there is no earth in the lv...
Have a customer that would like a spa Bath. Would an IP66 switched fuse spur beneath the bath, fused at 13 amps, off the ring that is protected by RCD be ok? Is there a better way?
Thanks for your help
Evenin all!
hope ive put this in the correct forum, apologies if not.
doing a domestic job at the moment and the customer has had the bright idea of having a copper bath installed. The taps are fitted to the wall and the waste is plastic. do i need to bond the bath. im thinking not, as long...
Am I going mad
just done 17th exam passed by the way
talking to another candidate about bath rooms and he is under the impression that a bath room should be on it's own circuit.
now I've never done this and I cant find any thing to back this up in my BRB.
iv always put bath room with local area...
I need to replace a wooden shower cubicle with a bath. From what I understand, If I get a steel (not plastic) bath, I need to get the bath equipotentially bonded with other metal in the bathroom. The only metal existing is the copper pipes that supply the basin and toilet fill. These have...
Hi all
came across these low voltage light above bath but over 2.25m so out of zones
what are your views as there is no IP rating for them and the room having a moist atmosphere i would have rejected using them but could you defend such a choice other than the moisture issue
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Been asked to install a whirlpool in a bathroom obviously or not.
Never done one before and have not seem the manufacturers instructions yet.
I was just wondering the requirements for supply and how it would usually be done.
The customer has said he would prefer not to route a cable from the...
Need help with regulations on having a bath in a bedroom (boutique hotel style). My electrician says you can't put water within 3 metres of an electrical socket, however loads of hotels do it.
Can anyone advise please.
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:rolleyes:I know you can have an extract over a bath as long as its ip44 but what if there is a shower over the bath aswell are you still allowed a 240V or dose it have to be a low voltage fan?:eek:
Should lead waste pipes have a main equipotential bond back to the MET, even if they dont come into contact with the main cast iron soil stack outside, or just supplementry bonded along with the hot/cols/rads in the bathroom.
Cheers Guys
Got a request from a customer to put some LED lights in the panel under the bath.
The place is having a new board and partial re wire, so will be all new regs. But this is a first for me, SO want to know if you guys have any recommendations , makes etc. Also would you have to run the cables...
if a fixed item is fixed out of zone 2 as i read it there is no need to have any special ip rating as there is no reg concerning out of zone2 obviously any leed should be short enougth that it is not of any danger
rcd of course
Whirlpool bath - Notification to building control.
I'm currently in my 3rd year of C&G 2330. I'm not 'in the trade' so to speak but I am doing various bits of work to get site practice.
So far, all my work has not needed notifying to LABC, I tend to stay away from those sort of jobs.
However...
hi all, just need 2 pick some brains over earthing. Have come to a secxond fix this week, and have to hook up this fancy whirlpool tub. The whole job is nearly complete, builders are just finishing and making good, when i realise the tub has a fly green and yellow on one of the motors. Obviously...
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does any one have a great experiance in electric under floor heating need a mate in a bath rm but obviasly the stat is not is not ip rated
all services are to be rcd. protected
looking through some litriture and there is a floor prob will this be able to be selected to control floor...
I am going to install an e.l.v fan in a bathroom.The nearest place i can site the transformer is beneath the bath.Which i interpret in the 17th is outside any zones if the side panel is accessable with a special tool i.e could be a screwdriver.I presume the transformer does not have to be ip...
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