Switched spur in bathroom.......

[screech]

Guys, I need to settle an argument with a colleague with the location of a towel rail spur....


As per table and fig 8.1 in the OSG, switched fuse spur can be installed for a towel rail outside of the zones...?

I understand sockets need to be 3m from the bath or shower, to allow for the flex.... but i don't see a switched spur as a socket.......




Cheers.

 

[trev]

If you've got the OSG how is there an argument mate?

 

[OldskoolUpNorth]

Er....

Are sockets allowed in a bathroom then!

Surely that just applies to 'A room containing a shower'.

Don't think I'd be putting a socket in a bathroom for anyone.

But to the original question, from memory as long as it's outside zones then a fused connection is ok.

Check BGB tho.

 

[Octopus]

A switched spur is NOT a socket, however I wouldn't put one too close to a bath or shower either, but they can be within 3m of a bath,

Don't have my regs at my side but I think they can be anywhere outside zones 0, 1 and 2

 

[AndyL]

Switched spurs (FCU) anywhere outside of the zones, so over 600mm from edge of bath (not sure I totally agree with this bit, but that's what the book says)

Socket outlets 3m from the edge of the bath

 

[screech]

If you've got the OSG how is there an argument mate?

Because apparently its not clear enough as it doesn't specifically say.

Er....

Are sockets allowed in a bathroom then!

Yes they are - 3m from the boundary of zone 1.

A switched spur is NOT a socket, however I wouldn't put one too close to a bath or shower either, but they can be within 3m of a bath,

Don't have my regs at my side but I think they can be anywhere outside zones 0, 1 and 2

This is my argument, you don't plug anything into a spur - its permanently connected! The towel rail can be in zone 2 but the spur needs to be outside zones.


I think some people expect toilet paper to jump out the books and wipe their arse for them!


cheers

 

[OldskoolUpNorth]

Yes they are - 3m from the boundary of zone 1.

You don't happen to know that reg number off the top of your head do you screech?

Still don't think i'll be adding sockets in bnathrooms, allowed or not.

 

[AndyL]

You don't happen to know that reg number off the top of your head do you screech?

Still don't think i'll be adding sockets in bnathrooms, allowed or not.

701.512.3

Thing is its not only bathrooms, could be room containing bath or shower, so could include bedrooms with shower cubicle in the corner

 

[OldskoolUpNorth]

Cheers Andy,

I better have a look at that one.

up here in Lancashire there's not many bathrooms with 3m between bath and wall!!

I know about the rooms with shower but didn't think it included actual bathrooms.

Learn somet new everyday!

 

[AndyL]

Cheers Andy,

I better have a look at that one.

up here in Lancashire there's not many bathrooms with 3m between bath and wall!!

Not even if you move the tin bath away from the coal fire?:smiley2:

 

[OldskoolUpNorth]

Not even if you move the tin bath away from the coal fire?:smiley2:

Gotta move the whippet first.....

 

[staylor34]

Put the spur outside the bathroom then wire from that to a flex outlet plate, no brainer, no arguments!!!

 

[somersetsparks]

Put the spur outside the bathroom then wire from that to a flex outlet plate, no brainer, no arguments!!!

A flex outlet is still an accessory and should be outside of the zones IMO. Especially the ones with the hole in the middle (Crabtree). Ones with the hole at the bottom are a better bet in a bathroom to my mind.

 

[staylor34]

^^^^^^^^^^agreed, bottom entry best.......ooops!

 

[Dave 85]

Nowt wrong with a spur in a bathroom long as its outside zones. People always look gobsmacked when I tell them they can have a lightswitch in their bathroom if they like (I generally tend to put them outside anyway just to protect myself from slander at the hands of less well informed people)