Hardwired hairdryer in a bathroom

[Jon Bridges]

I have been given a spec for a pretty high end bathroom and the thing that jumped out at me was a hairdryer is to be hard wired into a drawer underneath the sink. Id always though that it was only fixed equipment such as heaters that could be hardwired but having had a scrawl through the regs to go back to the designer I cant find anything that really says its a no no. It will be RCD protected!

Has anyone ever done this before, or can you point me in the right direction in the regs?

Thanks

 

[telectrix]

IMO, if the flex won't allow the hairdryer to reach zone !, it's OK.

 

[Octopus]

google bathroom hairdryer - and you will get results!

 

[Jon Bridges]

So a standard hairdryer on flex will not be ok?

 

[monjoor]

Nope, hairdryer operating voltage is >50V therefore does not fall into the extra low voltage category.

Even with the bathroom hairdryer you may also need an isolating transformer but refer to the bathroom hairdryer manual.

 

[Welchyboy1]

If the hairdryer is on a flex outlet plate and cannot reach inside zone 2 then it ok to have a standard hairdryer

 

[Darkwood]

If the hairdryer is just under the sink what hair are they drying!mg_smile:

 

[Darkwood]

The zoning aside i would be inclined to get a hair dryer suitable for a bathroom atmosphere ...so no a standard dryer on flex shouldn't really be used as moist air will condense on the dryer and flex and even run down to the power point, buy a dryer suitable for bathrooms as these have wall mounted bodies IP rated containing all the electrics and the hand held hose contains no electrical parts as its just a plastic tube. Im constantly having to have a chat about using the hair-dryer in the bathroom but the silly cow refuses to use it..... :thinking: