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I want to put a DAB radio in our upstairs bathroom, but getting the supply to it could be awkward, so I'm considering putting an RCD fused spur on the ceiling and running the supply off of the lighting circuit. This way, the radio can be mounted above head height and be switched remotely by the light switch in the corridor outside. Other than the need to have the lights on to listen to the radio, can anyone see any problems with this arrangement?

Best regards, Alan
 
Why not have the radio mounted externally to bathroom with a speaker ceiling mounted in bathroom?
Then you can have the radio when it suits, without the need for the light?
 
I have had the lights feeding a round pin socket via a spur with a 1 amp fuse in in the loft of all my bathrooms in vairous houses

i then fitted a celling speaker or just a grille with a box made from plasterboard with speaker in it in the early days


sparkies privilege your house do what you like
 
Alan, this is a recipe for disasters of the personal hygiene variety. More to the point, your personal hygiene!
If you go ahead with this folly your children, in particular any teenage daughters, will be unmoveable from the bathroom (as if it isn't already difficult enough to get the buggers out of there). You will also be condemned to have dreadful music such as the Black Eyed Peas and David Guetta reverberating through your home.
Please abandon this plan for the sake of your own sanity (and personal hygiene)
:)
 
Alan, this is a recipe for disasters of the personal hygiene variety. More to the point, your personal hygiene!
If you go ahead with this folly your children, in particular any teenage daughters, will be unmoveable from the bathroom (as if it isn't already difficult enough to get the buggers out of there). You will also be condemned to have dreadful music such as the Black Eyed Peas and David Guetta reverberating through your home.
Please abandon this plan for the sake of your own sanity (and personal hygiene)
:)


not with my method put the tuner in the loft with radio 2 on then no more nails the loft hacth
psave a fortune in hot water
 
better still, a loop tape system playing endless black sabbath, deep purple and led zeppelin.
 
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in the attic along with the philips 2000.
 
I'd buy a cheap last gen sonos set from ebay, the remote is 12v and wireless, then plug the amp and receiver in another room or loft then wire from that to the speaker. Then stream radio and tunes over your wifi :)
 
If you have a shaver socket just put a euro plug on the radio and use it from the shaver socket...Job done.

Failing that, get one that uses batteries...
 
I put a car cd / radio in my bathroom wall with an inverter in the loft wired into the bathroom light, works a treat, ya cant beat rockin out to ac dc in the shower!!
 

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