Bit stuck on bright ideas for sorting this.... It isolates [well nearly] the timer fan and is over the bath and in easy reach on someone standing in the bath, less than 2.3 off the floor. Unfortunately its a timer fan so it should be a 3 pole switch but its a complete pain to rewire so wondered whether I could get an IPX4 fitting to suit. Cant find a three pole but open to ideas, apart from rewiring...
Does anyone see a problem putting a fan isolator next to a fan if its outside the zones? I've got 3 to install in a decorated house and there would be a lot less mess if I did it this way. Ceilings are 3.2 metres high so its well outside and out of reach.
Its more the other regs - has to be suitable for the environment etc - and the agro from the customer when their smart **** friend of the family that states "you cant have a switch in the bathroom"
The Holy Bible sayeth Switchgear and accessories Accessories, SELV socket-outlets and shaver supply units toBS EN 61558-2-5allowed. Socket-outlets allowed 3 m horizontally from the boundary of zone 1.
Sure I know what you mean about the environment but an isolator high up on the wall outside the zones isnt more likely to be touched with wet hands than one outside if you ask me. New builds seem to place them on the outside above the door which makes sense but the special location is the zones opposed to the name. There was actually something on the wire (the nic webcast thing) about an fcu directly above a sink (not a bathroom thou) which is obviously a dumb place to locate it but they said nothing wrong with that either
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