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Bathroom heating lights

What do electricians think of bathroom heating lights?

They are the highest power devices normally connected to a lighting circuit. Many years ago I had one with a 750W heating element. Combine this with a 100W incandescent bulb and you have a device which consumes 3.7A. Two of these devices will overload a 6A lighting circuit.

Should heating lights be designed in a way to easily connect the heating element to a different circuit than that used for the light? Alternatively, should they be powered from a ring main rather than a lighting circuit?

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    Given the rapid change to LED lighting the loads on lighting circuits are becoming almost negligible.

    I could safely dig out the adaptor that lets me use my smoothing iron on a lighting circuit  :-)

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  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member

    Given the rapid change to LED lighting the loads on lighting circuits are becoming almost negligible.

    I could safely dig out the adaptor that lets me use my smoothing iron on a lighting circuit  :-)

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