Questions to sparkies

[Dewey]

Spur would be better outside the bathroom really, we usually put them outside the bathroom above the door.

Obviously ideal but we either have them with a spur at the main board with a dp switch above bathroom door or in the bathroom on the opposite wall to the bath/shower

[golf-sib]

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Also whats the regs now on fitting electric hand rails as most of them have a thermostat switch on them whilst on topic?

Regarding earlier question, I don't have access above the ceiling as its slanted along with the roof, can't even access it through the normal loft due to the heights of the bathroom and roof, only thing I could do is I have an electric shower in the corner which the fan will be 1.8m away from. Any idea's if that could be used somehow?

[chrisowen85]

You can't use the shower circuit, any fault with the fan won't trip the fuseboard as the cable to the shower and circuit breaker are far bigger than you need.

[Ant1981]

You can't use the shower circuit, any fault with the fan won't trip the fuseboard as the cable to the shower and circuit breaker are far bigger than you need.

The fuse in the fuseboard is to protect the cable, not the equipment.

You can use the circuit, but for discrimitation you'll need another fuse or breaker to protect the smaller cable.

[golf-sib]

I'll stick with the conduit idea, whats the regulations with the heated hand/towel rails, do they need a pull cord switch or an external wall switch/fuse?

[chrisowen85]

U need a spur outside the bathroom, doesn't really mater where as long as you can get to it incase of a fault

[Ant1981]

A spur is a method of wiring, it doesn't have to be wired as a spur.

Either use a double pole switch outside or a double pole ceiling pull cord switch.