Shower Isolator

[Brilec]

Have to do a job next week that involves fitting new shower, cabling isolator and standalone shower CU, as unable to update old main CU. Question is they don't want a pull cord as an isolator, loft space is not really possible, they would like a switch for shower on wall by door, Inside the bathroom. This would be 2 metres away from shower and mounted aroundabout top of door height, having looked at the regs, it seems that this would be ok but would like others opinions

 

[Guitarist]

i always put outside and at 1.2m height...as little as possible electrics in a bathroom for me

That's a perfect height for kids to switch off while someone is taking a shower....

 

[sedgy34]

WHY?
Inside the room outside of zones is perfectly within the regs.
Tin hat on!!

they change the regs like the weather and amendments so if its outside the room it will always comply, if inside the room it has a good chance it wont comply when amendments are done regs changed etc!! also its good practise

 

[Engineer54]

So long as the bathroom/shower room is well ventilated i can't see a problem with having the control switch inside the room. Same goes for socket outlets and switches, obviously using a little commonsense in there positioning. I think UK, is the only country that has this affliction with switches and outlets in bathrooms. lol!!!

 

[killeen]

That's a perfect height for kids to switch off while someone is taking a shower....

kids eh, spoil everything for the disabled

 

[Guitarist]

So long as the bathroom/shower room is well ventilated i can't see a problem with having the control switch inside the room. Same goes for socket outlets and switches, obviously using a little commonsense in there positioning. I think UK, is the only country that has this affliction with switches and outlets in bathrooms. lol!!!

Totally agree. Of course, someone who's just had a shower and thus has lower body resistance wouldn't dream of walking out of the bathroom and turning the shower isolator off... They would wait until they had totally dried out.....

 

[Brilec]

When you think of it, if you walke over to the door after having a shower, if you don't dry yourselves off who's to stop you walking out and turning on the light in the hall way/landing with wet hands!

 

[Jimmy Boy]

Totally agree. Of course, someone who's just had a shower and thus has lower body resistance wouldn't dream of walking out of the bathroom and turning the shower isolator off... They would wait until they had totally dried out.....

Yes that could be especially dangerous on a PME supply..:biggrin:

**Runs and hides**

 

[Moses]

When you think of it, if you walke over to the door after having a shower, if you don't dry yourselves off who's to stop you walking out and turning on the light in the hall way/landing with wet hands!

Who would walk out of the bathroom, after having a shower, without their pants?

And I would only wear my pants when I have dried myself,
I wouldn't want to get my pants wet, nobody likes to have wet pants!!!!

 

[Brilec]

interesting! wet pants, have you ever had to answer the phone just after getting out of the bath/shower.

 

[Moses]

interesting! wet pants, have you ever had to answer the phone just after getting out of the bath/shower.

I use my Mobile some time in the bathroom.

 

[Jimmy Boy]

I use my Mobile some time in the bathroom.

Hope it's SELV

ATB S

 

[sedgy34]

Who would walk out of the bathroom, after having a shower, without their pants?

And I would only wear my pants when I have dried myself,
I wouldn't want to get my pants wet, nobody likes to have wet pants!!!!

what if you have batman pants

 

[Moses]

what if you have batman pants

I have superman Pants!! LOL

 

[D Skelton]

Interesting that no one has suggested not fitting one at all!

If the shower has an integral on/off switch, you don't need an isolator.

Super mega ultra kevlar reinforced ballistic grade tin hat on

 

[johnboy6083]

There is nothing that says that a shower must have local isolation. Or fans for that matter. If you need to work on the shower, then theres no reason why you couldnt isolate it at the CU. This also goes for fans. People harp on about requiring local isolation, but if you needed to isolate a socket, then youd do it at the CU. Isolation doesnt have to be local either. Often in a house, its relativley simple to find what MCBs supplies what circuit.