Shower upgrade with slave consumer unit

[Frazer Gould]

I am upgrading my shower room and will be getting a qualified electrician to do the work but I want some advice so I can ask sensible questions!
I will be using a previous feed for an electric shower from the consumer board (down graded amps wise, which he has said is acceptable) and want to have a small "slave" consumer unit for a fan heater, extractor and lights. I want it as small as possible. It can be mounted in an area outside zone 1 and 2 but there will be potentially some humidity. I have seen a Plastic unit rated at IP44 and some metal units rated at IP40. It seems more sensible to ask for a plastic one with better protection but the regs say consumer units should be metal. Are plastic units, which are still available from reputable wholesalers, legal in this situation?

 

[MDJ]

I still don’t understand why?

Thats because your a Electrical Trainee

 

[Baddegg]

Consumer unit in bathroom = bad idea generally due to damp/steam etc.

And not needed - the shower can be fed direct, and the other items can be tapped off the existing circuits.

In my opinion anyway.

Oh yeah I’m with you there dpg,I don’t understand why the op wants it there at all, surely if the existing shower cable tests ok use that,everything can be extended from existing or spured (fan heater) or have I completely missed something?

 

[Baddegg]

Consumer unit in bathroom = bad idea generally due to damp/steam etc.

And not needed - the shower can be fed direct, and the other items can be tapped off the existing circuits.

In my opinion anyway.

Oh yeah I’m with you there dpg,I don’t understand why the op wants it there at all, surely if the existing shower cable tests ok use that,everything else can be extended from existing or spured (fan heater) or have I completely missed something?

 

[DPG]

Sorry, misunderstood. Doh.

 

[Deleted member 9648]

I really don't understand why the OP has come on here, he's already made up his mind, why is he asking us or indeed his (Phantom?) electrician.

 

[Baddegg]

Thats because your a Electrical Trainee

Right! That’s it I’m telling oracle! I’ll have you know my course was 6 weeks! Ha ha ha

 

[TJ Anderson]

Right! That’s it I’m telling oracle! I’ll have you know my course was 6 weeks! Ha ha ha

You deffo should have stayed on for the 7th week and then you would have earned "Technician " grade on your Gold ECS lol

 

[Baddegg]

You deffo should have stayed on for the 7th week and then you would have earned "Technician " grade on your Gold ECS lol

I only wanted know which side the brown went in the plug?........

 

[TJ Anderson]

Id of told you that for free mate. It goes on the side with the terminals on it under that plasticy cover type thing.

 

[Baddegg]

Robbing bar stewards!