Socket inside a En Suite Vainty Unit???

[Creamy Goodne5]

So this was an interesting conversation today and wanted peoples advice.

Plumber asked me if I could fit a socket inside an enSuite Vainty unit. I asked why and he said the customer had bought a japanese toilet (the ones with the air, water and lights ect)

Japanese toilet is off a cable with a built in RCD.

There is a socket in the room next door so I wanted to chase out, run the cable next door and wire a fused Spur off a socket to clear any issues with zones.

Plumber said the customer doesnt want that he wants a socket in the vanity unit and the cable for the toilet wiring to a plug. He thinks becuase its under a sink in a cupboard its classed as outside zone.

While it is outside zone the regs state "Electrical sockets are permitted in bathrooms or shower rooms as long as they are located more than 3m from the edge of the bath or shower. Specially designed shaver units are an exception to this rule and can be located slightly nearer, but still no closer than 600mm from the bath or shower."

Thoughts??

 

[pc1966]

I remember being in Japan and finding the toilets at this new university building very strange. The high-tech seat had a control panel next to the throne with about 20 buttons, all with Japanese characters, so I had no idea what they would do. Rather ominously, one looked like a red emergency stop!

But in-spite of this fancy stuff, they seemed to have omitted any hand drying facilities. I saw someone had left a few paper towels, and I thought maybe it is work in progress, so next time I tried a toilet on the floor above where I was working. Exactly the same!

Edited to add: I decided not to experiment with my own bottom, and unfortunately there were no volunteers to find out what all those buttons did.

 

[pc1966]

There is something very wrong with having a jet of water sprayed up your ar*e. On top of that this this product blows hot air up there.

not for me....

I'm sure others would pay handsomely for that!