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Title: shaver socket
Post by oldspark on Jul 2^nd, 2009, 9:57pm

Mk logic plus type shaver supply unit to be installed in bathroom/washroom.Can I spur off up stairs ring main to feed unit , wire in ring main or supply seperatly direct from board? It will be 30mA RCD protected.

Title: Re: shaver socket
Post by Zambezi on Jul 2^nd, 2009, 10:01pm

Normally off the bathroom lighting circuit. I don't see why you could not take it off a ring but it may need a fused spur before the shaver socket.

Title: Re: shaver socket
Post by oldspark on Jul 3^rd, 2009, 9:43pm

Does anyone know BS 7671 Ammendment 3 1992 regarding shaver sockets?

Title: Re: shaver socket
Post by CWatters on Jul 4^th, 2009, 2:17pm

wrote on Jul 3^rd, 2009, 9:43pm:

Does anyone know BS 7671 Ammendment 3 1992 regarding shaver sockets?

I believe thats all about "zones"...See for example...

http://www.allupandon.co.uk/lighting/information/bathroomzones

Electrical fittings in each zone must have a certain IP rating (or better). IP ratings refer to how dust and water tight the fitting is.

This MK shaver socket ...
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/DataSheets/MK/K701.pdf
..is rated IP41 so it's reasonably dust proof but not very waterproof. It must go outside zone 2.

Title: Re: shaver socket
Post by wozzy on Jul 4^th, 2009, 3:17pm

is the zone around the sink a regulation or a recomendation? and isnt it usually 300mm not 600mm?

Title: Re: shaver socket
Post by Y3 on Jul 4^th, 2009, 9:03pm

wozzy wrote on Jul 4^th, 2009, 3:17pm:

is the zone around the sink a regulation or a recomendation? and isnt it usually 300mm not 600mm?

according to the diagrams in bs 7671 2008, there isn't a zone around the sink, the only time the sink would fall into zone 2 is if it were installed within 600mm of a bath or shower, I think the shaver socket needs to be mounted in a suitable position. Putting it right next to a tap wouldn't be suitable. If there is a zone around a sink, that's a recommendation by MK. It's not a reg, but manufacturers instruction override the regs. So when installing the MK shaver socket it has to be installed to their instruction.

Regards

Carl