Toilet macerator

[harryharman]

Morning all, plumber needs spur for toilet macerator, never done one before- what's the norm for this?! Any help much appreciated

 

[Rockingit]

Standard DP fused isolator is fine.

Check how much flex there is on the unit first before deciding where to site the plate!!

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Expect the plumber to run a feed straight across the spur point too.

 

[harryharman]

So is coming off ring circuit, an isolator outside the bathroom, t & e to the toilet location connected into back of flex plate and then connect flex to plate all ok?

 

[telectrix]

don't forget RCD protection

 

[harryharman]

It will be rcd protected, but is that way of wiring it up ok

 

[richy3333]

So is coming off ring circuit, an isolator outside the bathroom, t & e to the toilet location connected into back of flex plate and then connect flex to plate all ok?

Depends on your zones...

 

[Rockingit]

You don't need the isolator to be outside the bathroom. If it were me (assuming that all the other boxes have been ticked) then I'd find the nearest socket on the ring outside, run my spur cable to as close to the toilet as possible/practical, then make off into a DP fused switch.

 

[telectrix]

as above^^^^ FCU is allowed in zone 2. as long as it's not liable to get wet. oops, plumber is coming so it's bound to.

 

[mogga]

we had one recently F.c.U. mounted right in pee spray zone masterseal fitted sorted Or you could box it in along with macerator keeping spur away from water

 

[Rockingit]

Interesting one here, though, is that a toilet - being neither a basin, bath or shower - doesn't have a zone area to comply with!

 

[SPARTYKUS]

The person that invents a macerator that can cope with a 'moist toilet tissue' is on a winner.


I ask you, what is so hard about chewing up a tissue???

WHY is that such a big deal. Its a tissue not a block if granite.



"oooo I could rip a tissue, peel a grape,etc"

 

[Rockingit]

The person that invents a macerator that can cope with a 'moist toilet tissue' is on a winner.


I ask you, what is so hard about chewing up a tissue???

WHY is that such a big deal. Its a tissue not a block if granite.



"oooo I could rip a tissue, peel a grape,etc"

Paper waste isn't a problem, nor per-se is even a tampon; the problem is with tampon STRINGS as they end up getting wrapped around the shaft. I used to have a sani-flo in a previous house, and at £400 odd a time I got used to putting a clothes peg on my nose and wearing the marigolds to strip and clean the damn things down!! It was the true definition of a cr4p job.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Thats what I mean, rockingit, they 're not really up to it in their current design. Some bright......person will design the munching bit differently & make a mint. No one pays heed to a little sign next to the loo theyll check whatever in

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Check=chuck. Sorry, 3 Shtehhlahhs

 

[Rockingit]

Thats what I mean, rockingit, they 're not really up to it in their current design. Some bright......person will design the munching bit differently & make a mint. No one pays heed to a little sign next to the loo theyll check whatever in

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Check=chuck. Sorry, 3 Shtehhlahhs

True. Now that I come to think of it, how come we've got kitchen waste disposal units you can chuck bones and all sorts down, but we can't make a decent turd dispatcher?!