I've taken the mirror off my parents' bathroom wall as they've asked me to paint it (full disclaimer on quality issued to them!). It's one of the LED/demister jobs and is wired directly to an adjacent shaving adapter on the same wall (which I believe is OK?). The centre of the mirror (where the wires come out of the wall) is located within 400 mm of the shower enclosure. They had their house refurbished a couple of years ago but this electrical work, despite being in a bathroom, was completed by the builders rather than an actual electrician, I believe. The room gets a lot of steam as it's an en-suite with no window and I've recently changed the extractor to an in-line fan to help with moisture. I'm just wondering if it's OK to leave it as it is after painting as the cable from the shaving adapter is currently connected to the flex from the mirror with Wago connectors which are inside a Wago box resting on the transformer on the back of the mirror (sitting behind the mirror but not pushed through into the wall as the hole isn't big enough).

Thanks in advance.
 
Sounds like the wago box is within distance of the shower when the mirror is in place?

Is it readily accessible when the mirror is fixed back, or is it kind of exposed?

Would be better inside the wall i would think
 
Sounds like the wago box is within distance of the shower when the mirror is in place?

Is it readily accessible when the mirror is fixed back, or is it kind of exposed?

Would be better inside the wall i would think
It sits behind the mirror so you can't get at it when the mirror is on the wall. I don't have a picture of their room at the minute but this is the mirror if it's any use (Pegella 500 x 700mm LED Mirror with Demister (13888) - https://www.bathshack.com/pegella-500-x-700mm-led-mirror-with-demister.html). My first thought was it would be better to make the hole a bit bigger and push the wago junction box behind so it's not in the room or maybe even cut out a hole big enough for a dry lining box.

The instructions for the mirror were lying about and suggested connecting with a choc block covered with insulation tape and leaving behind the mirror so they they were swiftly binned.
 

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