Electric Shedi needed

[Jim S]

I was in a pub argument (as usual) and a retired sparks stated that new regulations allow 13A sockets in bathrooms provided they are a certain distance from the bath/shower. Surely this cannot be?

[John Rumm]

Indeed it can...

However don't get too excited. The distances involved mean that most real world bathrooms are way too small.

[Brian Gaff]

Blimey, one would have thought that with the mood of today, any system should involve a huge air dryer be triggered to dry the person as they walk anywhere near a socket which has no shrouded and waterproofed design.

Brian

[F Murtz]

In Australia almost all modern bathrooms have ordinary 240 volt outlets in them, just a certain distance from water receptacles, And very few deaths are recorded.

[tony sayer]

Same as the wife's mothers house en France, sockets and not shaver ones right next to the bath and of course no one uses 'em;!...

[Tony Bryer]

In the case of my bathroom, about 300mm from the basin. But the safety issues change markedly now that RCD protection is the norm.

[Jules Richardson]

I've got that beat...

We've got a fusebox in one of our bathrooms, above the non-tap end of the bath (which also has a shower head fitted). It's not a bathroom that we use, for that very reason, but it's interesting that previous owners thought it was a good idea :-)

cheers

Jules

[Gazz]

would this be allowed or not then?

[Nick Odell]

Pah! I'll see your charlesandhudson and raise you this:

[S Viemeister]

Beijing.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

I was doing a plumbing repair in a bloke's house, in a bathroom that had been converted from a small front bedroom. Right next to the bog pan was a 230V socket... plugged into that was a heated toilet seat. Said he'd bought it in S.Africa years ago. I left him to it. I wonder if he's still alive.