IP44 Bathroom wall lights

[abdulrahman42]

Hi All,

I have just bought a new house and the bathroom has a normal light switch which I am aware shouldn't be in there. I have no place to put a light switch outside the bathroom and don't really want to put a pull cord.

I wanted to ask the question if its possible to replace the light switch with an IP44 rated wall light which also has a small pull cord.

Regards.

 

[Marvo]

How far are you in training? What zone would the light switch be in if you installed it?

 

[telectrix]

how far from the bath/shower is the switch?

 

[ackbarthestar]

how far from the bath/shower is the switch?

the bathroom has a normal light switch which I am aware shouldn't be in there

exactly !

 

[telectrix]

if the switch is outside of the zones, i'd only give it a C3. i think the UK is the only country where wall switches aren't common in bathrooms.

 

[ackbarthestar]

I put in a grid switch assembly which was installed in a bedroom containing a rather large bath and where it passed the 'reach' test while sitting in her bath tub, 701.417.3,

 

[Octopus]

if the switch is outside of the zones, i'd only give it a C3. i think the UK is the only country where wall switches aren't common in bathrooms.

Really. No code!!

There is nothing that says a plate switch can't be used in a bathroom outside zones...

 

[telectrix]

i stand corrected then. but a C3 is not necessarily a non-compliance. it could be used as improvement recommendedif, in the opinion of the inspector, it could suffer in time from a steamy , damp environment. n'est pas?

 

[Midwest]

Must be a massive bathroom to have a light switch in a bathroom within the regs, so can't understand why you can't find room o/s the bathroom to mount the switch there. Don't like pull cords myself, cos they make hell of a noise when use the bathroom in the middle of the night, and for a similar reason using a luminaire pull cord at night, you might end up in the bath.

 

[ackbarthestar]

The zones that mark out the special location if strictly adhered to is a maximum of 0.6m horizontal from the edge to the bath tub, anything outside of that is deemed to be outside the zones and out of the discomfort zone. Alternatively, use a proximity sensor

 

[Midwest]

Conversely, I personally wouldn't install a socket if it was just 3 metres from edge of bath/shower. My Misses hair dryer has a flex 2 metres long. If you install a switch per the regs, you can be stood in bare feet in pool of water, turning on switch. That doesn't seem sensible to me?

 

[ackbarthestar]

Nor would I particularly with socket outlets. The last power outlet I was responsible for was just over 3m from the bath tub which was changed to a SFCU, the hair drier was then hard wired into it.

 

[Octopus]

Must be a massive bathroom to have a light switch in a bathroom within the regs, so can't understand why you can't find room o/s the bathroom to mount the switch there. Don't like pull cords myself, cos they make hell of a noise when use the bathroom in the middle of the night, and for a similar reason using a luminaire pull cord at night, you might end up in the bath.

why must it be a massive bathroom. Outside zones is 600mm

 

[Barry White]

ceiling pir ?? I fitted one it works faultless still reach for the cord on the way our tho:20:

 

[telectrix]

ceiling pir ?? I fitted one it works faultless still reach for the cord on the way our tho:20:

but with a PIR, you have to get out of the bath to trigger it when the light goes off. sod that.