Bathroom wall light switch

[driverman]

Hi Guys, visited a brand new house today and had a nose round as you do. I know it's sad but I'm looking at the electrics. What I noticed in the bathroom was a normal wall mounted light switch by the bathroom entrance door within the bathroom. The isolation switch for the extractor fan was also mounted along side the wall switch. Wall light switch was fairly near a wash basin. Whilst wall switches were outside zones areas, is this allowed?

 

[Engineer54]

That's one way to look at it but as highly experienced competent sparks [ ;-) ] its our job to prevent there ever being a first person electrocuted by a wall switch in a bathroom where the switch is out of reach of the bath.

Enter the 17 day whizzer!! lol!!

 

[DPG]

A normal light switch inside a room which will be damp/steamy, and will have someone dripping wet having just been in the bath in it? It may not be against the regs but it aint right. Daz

 

[Engineer54]

A normal light switch inside a room which will be damp/steamy, and will have someone dripping wet having just been in the bath in it? It may not be against the regs but it aint right. Daz

They can be just as wet when they use a switch just outside the bathroom!! But then logically speaking, people normally dry them self off before turning the light off and leaving in the bathroom!!

The fact is, it's never been a problem having a sensibly placed switch in a bathroom, .....except in the UK!!

 

[Slowhand]

Enter the 17 day whizzer!! lol!!

Nope I'm not one of those, I'm a 40 year whizzer.

 

[7029 dave]

You have been out of the UK far too long Eng, lol, I bet your attitude would be much different regarding this matter.?

 

[Engineer54]

You have been out of the UK far too long Eng, lol, I bet your attitude would be much different regarding this matter.?

Well you could say that working overseas for a good many years now, opens one's eyes to the draconian regulations the UK has on bathroom installations.

 

[amlu]

in other parts of the world they use IP rated switches and sockets in the bathroom, is quite usual for washing machines to be in the bathrooms,

 

[Engineer54]

Nope I'm not one of those, I'm a 40 year whizzer.

I wasn't referring to anyone in particular by that statement, just to the fact that it is getting more probable these days that it will be a electrical trainee or 17 day whizzer that will be working on a domestic bathroom!! lol!!

 

[Engineer54]

in other parts of the world they use IP rated switches and sockets in the bathroom, is quite usual for washing machines to be in the bathrooms,

No they DON'T!!

 

[Had8Lives]

Ok I know I'm just being silly but, just think, what if you have a pull switch cord dangling into a bath? Isn't that just ad dangerous as a wall switch in a bathroom? lol

 

[telectrix]

Ok I know I'm just being silly but, just think, what if you have a pull switch cord dangling into a bath? Isn't that just ad dangerous as a wall switch in a bathroom? lol

only if it's a modern, thrown up house and you pull the roof down when you pull the cord.

 

[Had8Lives]

Haha

 

[7029 dave]

only if it's a modern, thrown up house and you pull the roof down when you pull the cord.

I like that, ain't that the truth.