Heated towel rail

[j_mccl]

Does anyone know the best way to wire a heated towel rail in a bathroom,
would i need to use a switched spur or do they come with theyre own connections that are IP rated for the zone they are to be fitted in

 

[Mac]

Should be installed in zone 2 of the bathroom and i'd use an unswitched spur

 

[sparks1234]

Usual way is to put a switch spur outside the bathroom with a flex outlet plate inside the bathroom

 

[Guest123]

Or possibly a 20A pullswitch then into a connection outlet.

 

[sparks1234]

Or possibly a 20A pullswitch then into a connection outlet.

Depends if it is on a radial circuit though

 

[Dannyg83]

When I installed one of these i just wired a switched spur as part of the ring main outside the bathroom , with a flex outlet in the bathroom

 

[Mr Mark Sparks]

agree with most
spur outside flex outlet plate in bathroom

 

[baldsparkies]

I can't see any mention of the circuit you are wiring from being rcd protected. If it is fine, if not I would use an rcd fused spur.

 

[Spudnik]

Just dont do it like this:

 

[spadxiii1918]

You don't want to do it like that, you want to do it like this.

Ho dear

 

[j_mccl]

All circuits in the house are rcd protected,
In the end i did as advised, spured from the bedroom socket with a swithced fused spur which was back to back with the bathroom.

 

[ian]

I generally I spur from a local circuit and provide a RCD spur if circuit not already protected with one, for switching I will use either a pull switch in the bathroom or a DP switch outside. Flex outlet plate inside the bathroom to supply the heater. Need to remember supplementary bonding if all circuits not protected by a RCD.



ian