DC5 Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 Hi folks, does anyone have a pic or link to the current / up to date regs for bathroom lighting. I can't seem to find two articles that agree! I'm fitting lights to a loft bathroom and tight for space and not keen on some lighting styles that comply with ip.... so trying to find out for certain what and where I can fit! Many thanks!
Ed Davies Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 Discussion for the 17th edition but I don't believe anything relevant has changed for the 18th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYhUPjyAUas He's tediously repetitive but, in my limited experience, pretty solid and does go into why some of the wrong diagrams on the Internet exist.
dnb Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 Zones 1 and 2 are still up to 2.25 metres high in my 18th edn book. Here's the zone description from the book of words:
Temp Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 Personally I'd go for a decent IP rated light over a shower even above the height limit.
Markblox Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 On 13/02/2020 at 23:21, Temp said: Personally I'd go for a decent IP rated light over a shower even above the height limit. Expand Plus one, get an IP67 Xtra low voltage LED Downlight which is also fire rated. You can have that in any part of the bathroom.
Ed Davies Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 On 13/02/2020 at 23:25, Markblox said: Plus one, get an IP67 Xtra low voltage LED Downlight which is also fire rated. You can have that in any part of the bathroom. Expand Equipment which is both IP67 and ELV (SELV, even) might not be allowed in either zone 0 or zone 1 depending on other conditions. E.g., an IP67 SELV light designed for outdoor use operating off 80 V DC or 30 V AC would not be allowed in zone 1 unless the manufacturer's instructions specifically said it was suitable for such use. All a bit irrelevant as the OP said they wanted to use a non-IP-rated light, anyway.
DC5 Posted February 14, 2020 Author Posted February 14, 2020 Thanks folks appreciated all the comments, that youtube video is actually very good (for me)! Can anyone confirm where I am best locating the fan isolator switch, i understand above door frame height?!
DC5 Posted February 14, 2020 Author Posted February 14, 2020 On 14/02/2020 at 09:44, Ed Davies said: All a bit irrelevant as the OP said they wanted to use a non-IP-rated light, anyway. Expand sorry maybe wasn't totally clear but will most likely need to use ip65+ but most of my first choice light fittings were ip44 or less so was just trying to clarify
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