Would this be classed as a special location?

[Engineer54]

I thought that you can't export PME as well, although I read somewhere that that only applies if there are extraneous conductive parts in the place you are exporting to, i.e. you cannot extend the equipotential zone outside. My wooden shed has no extraneous conductive parts at all, so in that case shouldn't I be able to export PME if I choose to?

Check out this long Sticky thread, it will tell you what you can and can't do, along with dispelling a lot of the Myths and scaremongery that surround this subject....


A good guide For 'exported PME' and outbuildings!

 

[mpspark]

Thanks Engineer54, I knew I read something about this previously but lost the link to this guide. That clears things up nicely thanks and makes total sense!

 

[Guitarist]

Can you just confirm that this is a plastic stand-alone bath and the dogs are rinsed with a hosepipe, or is it warm water pumped from a container and recirculated?

 

[mpspark]

It is a standalone bath and hot / cold water would be supplied externally via twin hose pipes and a mixer nozzle. The waste water would drain via a waste hose into the main drain.

 

[Guitarist]

It is not really a zone containing a fixed bath or shower (just a glorified plastic bucket), plus you (or your wife) as the user are not having your body resistance significantly reduced the way you would by actually having a bath or shower. Ofc, you will be getting wet hands but this is really just a garden shed with hosepipes in and no extraneous conductive parts. It sounds like common sense must prevail here, ie supply the shed via RCD and make sure everything is IP 67 rated. Others may disagree...