Rcd-bathrooms

[fixit4u]

HI ALL,CAN ANYONE GIVE THEIR VIEW ON INSPECTING/TESTING DOMESTIC/HOTELS AND WHAT THEY REPORT ON "BATHROOM CIRCUITS" IE IF THE CIRCUIT IS NOT RCD PROTECTED DO YOU PUT THIS DOWN AS A CODE 2 OR CODE 4 ?
WHAT IF THE CIRCUITS ARE DOWN LIGHTS-LOW VOLTAGE- OR SHAVER POINT ONLY ?
WE HAVE PHONED THE NIC TWICE TO BE TOLD FIRSTLY THAT THE RCD IS NOT REQUIRED IF ONLY LOW VOLTAGE AND THEN ON THE SECOND OCCASSION (AS A DEBATE WAS STILL GOING ON ) WAS TOLD THAT "ALL BATHROOM CIRUITS MUST BE RCD PROTECTED " !!
ANYONE HAVE THE SAME TROUBLE WITH THE NIC ?

 

[robsparky1975]

code 4 for me,do the bathrooms have all the supplementary bonding from lighting cpc to metalwork as 16th edition required,if so this is suitable,there are a lot of people who are miffed by the interpretation,the niceic only use what you use which is bs7671 and interpret it there way,i would not say a code 2,just to old regs thats all,and the client is by no means legally obliged to upgrade to 17th(unless any additions or alterations are being made) edition,although i would recommend it because of the nature of the installation(hotel),i would expect that they would upgrade if you recommended it,most insurance companies would not like to see many recommendations that had not been rectified.

 

[fixit4u]

Yes all the bonding is in place it,s just the correct code but would deff go with code 4,

thanx

 

[dynamite2000]

yes pal i do and thts just because i like all there different theores, they can never give a 100% answer and to be honest neither can other 3, anyway rcd arent required for lv, but if theres a socket outlet in a bathroom just stick a rcd front on the socket pal;

 

[IQ Electrical]

No socket outlets (excluding shaver) are allowed within 3m of the outer limit of zone 1, and any socket fitted must have 30mA rcd protection.