Would a water closet, (ie,. basin and pan/cistern), area be classed as a 'wet area?'

Tomgunn over 5 years ago

My sister has moved into her new bungalow and wants a switch installed in her WC... thing is, there isn't an RCD covering her CCU... BUT, I wouldn't class it as a 'wet area'... BUT, (aha!), would I be right and then I could change her switching around for a 1 gang switch in there?

Thanks...

regards,

Tom

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0 Zoomup over 5 years ago

I can't really see that a plastic wall switch can be adversely affected by water in a w.c. Just what kind of activity would cause such a problem? Also it takes quite some pressure to get water ingress into even a normal common plastic plate switch. Light water splashes just run harmlessly down the front of the switch plate.

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0 Zoomup over 5 years ago

I can't really see that a plastic wall switch can be adversely affected by water in a w.c. Just what kind of activity would cause such a problem? Also it takes quite some pressure to get water ingress into even a normal common plastic plate switch. Light water splashes just run harmlessly down the front of the switch plate.

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