RCD & Code 2

[Regs]

Sockets that can be used for outside equipment warrants a code 2, i get that. Yet you can stand in your bathroom using your non rcd protected power shower (if installed to earlier regs of course) covered in water and that only warrants a code 3? am i missing something here:dizzy2:
Thx.

 

[telectrix]

shower is sealed. no access to live parts. no plug and socket. also, there's usually no electrical parts inside a power shower.

 

[Regs]

Thanks for your fast reply, read a lot of your post by the way before deciding to join this site.
You could slip and knock the shower & if its become loose over the years making it lethal, or cable come loose these are real possibilities surely?

 

[Sintra]

But if the cover was loose or damaged then the code would obviously change.

 

[Des 56]

Sockets that can be used for outside equipment warrants a code 2, i get that. Yet you can stand in your bathroom using your non rcd protected power shower (if installed to earlier regs of course) covered in water and that only warrants a code 3? am i missing something here:dizzy2:
Thx.

Worry not about the Rcd,make sure you have a snorkel handy

 

[brman]

Sockets that can be used for outside equipment warrants a code 2, i get that. Yet you can stand in your bathroom using your non rcd protected power shower (if installed to earlier regs of course) covered in water and that only warrants a code 3? am i missing something here:dizzy2:
Thx.

EDIT: Post deleted as I was talking absolute b&ll*^"s......

 

[telectrix]

IMO< a socket for outside use that's not RCD protected is a C2. potential danger. ( cables cut by power tools etc.)

 

[brman]

IMO< a socket for outside use that's not RCD protected is a C2. potential danger. ( cables cut by power tools etc.)

Yep, sorry, you will notice I just deleted my previous post. I agree and can only blame it on one too many sherbets last night

 

[Regs]

IMO< a socket for outside use that's not RCD protected is a C2. potential danger. ( cables cut by power tools etc.)

Yeah i get that, Thanks, but chance of survival is high. If your in a shower and there's a fault chance of survival got to be really low. Guess regs more interested in faults happening in the first place rather than the consequences

 

[Risteard]

that only warrants a code 3?

It's up to you how dangerous you consider the defect to be. So it is for you to decide whether you wish to attribute a C3 or C2.

 

[telectrix]

Yeah i get that, Thanks, but chance of survival is high. If your in a shower and there's a fault chance of survival got to be really low. Guess regs more interested in faults happening in the first place rather than the consequences

disagree. if a person is using , say, an electric mower outside, cuts the cable. instinct is to pick it up and inspect the damage. as most of these tools are classII, there is no cpc and therefore it's more likely that the cable will still be live. add wet grass to the equation and it's far more dangerous than having a fault on a shower, which latter would usually trip the MCB/fuse.