Washing machine in bathroom

[richardg]

Good evening all! I have been asked for some professional advice and would like to pick your collective brains.
A client has been advised by his architect to place the washing machine in the bathroom.
I have been reading the 17th which bans sockets within 3 metres of zones.
Can the design be made to work if the washing machine is taken outside the zone by boxing in?
Second idea is provide power via a SELV circuit with the source being outside the zone.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Regards

 

[dan86]

.wtf?!

 

[Marvo]

Is the washing machine a 12 volt camping thing... will it run on SELV? Maybe I'm just confused by the UK terminology...

 

[Octopus]

cut off the plug, connect it to a FCU, make sure its outside zone 2

Why would ANYONE want a washing machine on show in their bathroom?

 

[tazz]

We have thrash this one out before....as most euro countries install machines in bathrooms, we Brits missed teh fact that that all machines were manufactured to IP rating which allowed them to be a fix appliances and suited in certain zones.......see http://www.electriciansforums.co.uk...gulations/75910-washing-machine-bathroom.html

 

[Andy78]

My advice to you would be to advise the client to get a new architect.

 

[Marvo]

I think the UK is one of the few countries where it's not common to see washing machines and tumble dryers in bathrooms.

 

[dan86]

very odd! but yeah, as Murdoch said.

 

[Marvo]

cut off the plug, connect it to a FCU, make sure its outside zone 2

Why would ANYONE want a washing machine on show in their bathroom?

Would it require RCD protection?

 

[Octopus]

Would it require RCD protection?

Yes....

 

[Richard Burns]

The circuit would need to be RCD protected, but Murdoch covers the rest.

 

[kingeri]

My grandma has her tumble dryer in her bedroom.

 

[amlu]

common thing in continental europe, most of them supplied by outdoor ip rated sockets.
control circuits on modern machines are selv dc anyway.

been doing it in uk recently, to stay within the regs we run lentgh of 40mm conduit (enough to get a plug thru) to the corridor on the opposite side of the wall, fix a socket and connected it there. job done.

 

[jibjob]

Recently completed a rewire where the washing m/c & tumble dryer were in bathroom. Both sited outside zone 2 & connected by flex outlets fed via switched connection units in an adjacent cupboard. Both appliances have since had a cupboard built round them, more for asthetics sake.

 

[Geordie Spark]

My grandma has her tumble dryer in her bedroom.

Now you're just boasting ... my grandma couldn't afford one so had clothes horses in her bedroom.


Carrying those bales of hay up the stairs and the buckets of .... manure back down was a chore I can tell you.