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Wiring in bathrooms. Is it normal to hardwire an infrared mirror in a bathroom or can it be plugged into a socket?

Alistair Bendall

Hello, having purchased an Infrared Mirror it needs to be mounted and comes supplied with a plug, but we would prefer it is hard wired into the circuit rather than plugged in. If we cut the plug off we may loose warranty but what do the regs state about this plug or hard wired?

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    In the UK we would not normally  have a plug and socket in a bathroom. If the makers claim that the warranty is invalid because of fixed wiring, then they should not really be importing it to the UK. In a very large bathroom it may be OK if you can get 2,5m from the edge of the bathtub or shower tray, but generally a supply via a fused spur makes more sense.

    Mike.

  • 0 in reply to mapj1

    Sorry to come back to this thread but while BS 7671 now allows sockets a minimum distance of 2.5m from the bath or shower tray edge, Part P still specifies >3m, in the note in diagram 2.

  • 0 in reply to OlympusMons

    Sorry to come back to this thread but while BS 7671 now allows sockets a minimum distance of 2.5m from the bath or shower tray edge, Part P still specifies >3m, in the note in diagram 2.

    That's because AD P still refers back to "BS 7671:2008 incorporating Amendment No 1:2011." rather than BS 7671:2018+AMD2. Which is deliberate as those in Whitehall don't like the idea of others making changes to the Law or its supporting documents - so it's up to them to decide when (and if) to update the reference to the latest regulations.

       - Andy.

  • 0 in reply to AJJewsbury

    This is all that Part P itself says:

    PART P ELECTRICAL SAFETY

    Design and installation

    P1. Reasonable provision shall be made in the design and installation of electrical installations in order to protect persons operating, maintaining or altering the installations from fire or injury.

    The requirements of this Part apply only to electrical installations that are intended to operate at low or extra-low voltage and are—

    (a) in or attached to a dwelling;

    (b) in the common parts of a building serving one or more dwellings, but excluding power supplies to lifts;

    (c) in a building that receives its electricity from a source located within or shared with a dwelling; or

    (d) in a garden or in or on land associated with a building where the electricity is from a source located within or shared with a dwelling.
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  • 0 in reply to AJJewsbury

    This is all that Part P itself says:

    PART P ELECTRICAL SAFETY

    Design and installation

    P1. Reasonable provision shall be made in the design and installation of electrical installations in order to protect persons operating, maintaining or altering the installations from fire or injury.

    The requirements of this Part apply only to electrical installations that are intended to operate at low or extra-low voltage and are—

    (a) in or attached to a dwelling;

    (b) in the common parts of a building serving one or more dwellings, but excluding power supplies to lifts;

    (c) in a building that receives its electricity from a source located within or shared with a dwelling; or

    (d) in a garden or in or on land associated with a building where the electricity is from a source located within or shared with a dwelling.
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