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Title: Fused Switches
Post by Footstool on Dec 8^th, 2014, 11:52am

Hi all,

Refurbished my bathroom, took out a power shower and freed up a 32A circuit.
Added a fused switch to serve a radiator heater element (3A) and put it outside the bathroom.
I would like to add a powered speaker (SONOS Play1) in the bathroom. It would be wall mounted in a top corner, with the wiring passing through the wall to the outside corridor.
Can I add another fused switch by running from the supply in the first switch ? If not, what is the best way to configure this very small circuit ? I want both items to be switchable, and independent of each other.
Many thanks

Title: Re: Fused Switches
Post by Lectrician on Dec 11^th, 2014, 5:33pm

What size cables are using?

If you used 2.5mm cable(and the existing was 2.5mm or larger), and linked the two fused spurs together, as long as the MCB was swapped to a 20amp, you would be fine. Obviously RCD protection is required (not just MCB).

Bathrooms are also a notifiable location, and you should not be carrying out work there without notifying building control before you start, or paying a self certifying electrician.