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Title: Wash basin no longer a bathroom zone?
Post by CWatters on Nov 19^th, 2015, 5:26pm

Are the drawings here correct?

http://electrical.theiet.org/wiring-matters/53/section-701/index.cfm

Wash basin is outside a zone?

Title: Re: Wash basin no longer a bathroom zone?
Post by Lectrician on Nov 19^th, 2015, 7:56pm

Yes. The bath and shower define the zones.

Title: Re: Wash basin no longer a bathroom zone?
Post by Lurch on Nov 20^th, 2015, 10:18am

The key is the section title, Section 701 – Locations containing a bath or shower. No mention of basins so no matter where you put a basin it doesn't become a special location unless it falls inside a zone specified by the above, as with everything that isn't a bath or shower really.