Hi all, first post on here but have been visiting the site for a while.
Here goes as it seems to be a bit of a grey area this one! -
In my bathroom there is an airing cupboard with a full size solid door on it at the end of the bath which houses the combi boiler. Originally the combi was powered via a FSU in the kitchen on the bungalow ring main. I rewired the kitchen (1st fix only) during a refurb to be on its own circuit and wanted the boiler on its own circuit too. As there was an unused FSU (old immersion circuit) in the airing cupboard i didnt see a problem in taking the supply for the boiler from there instead so before the sparks came to second fix and also install a new RCD consumer i wired the boiler flex to this FSU instead. The switch is 1300mm away from the end of the bath so well out of the 600mm zone 2. You would have to reach around the cupboard door when it is open too.
The grey area comes into it where some are saying there should be no switches or sockets in the airing cupboard due to the proximity of the bath and the regs on zones. Others are saying it would be classified as a separate room and in which case not a special location zone?
Im sure this is going to create some mixed replies but what are your thoughts?
Cheers
Here goes as it seems to be a bit of a grey area this one! -
In my bathroom there is an airing cupboard with a full size solid door on it at the end of the bath which houses the combi boiler. Originally the combi was powered via a FSU in the kitchen on the bungalow ring main. I rewired the kitchen (1st fix only) during a refurb to be on its own circuit and wanted the boiler on its own circuit too. As there was an unused FSU (old immersion circuit) in the airing cupboard i didnt see a problem in taking the supply for the boiler from there instead so before the sparks came to second fix and also install a new RCD consumer i wired the boiler flex to this FSU instead. The switch is 1300mm away from the end of the bath so well out of the 600mm zone 2. You would have to reach around the cupboard door when it is open too.
The grey area comes into it where some are saying there should be no switches or sockets in the airing cupboard due to the proximity of the bath and the regs on zones. Others are saying it would be classified as a separate room and in which case not a special location zone?
Im sure this is going to create some mixed replies but what are your thoughts?
Cheers
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