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    Bathroom Zones

    Hi all. Just been looking through the OSG and Regs book at bathroom zones. Can anyone tell me if downlights above, but outside zones 1 and 2 need to be IPx4/5???? Common sense says that would be a good idea for all in the bathroom to be IPx4/5, but not clear in the regs. Lets say they do have...
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    Bathroom Downlighters and Zones

    Hi All, I'm at the start of my 2330, so please forgive the question. I've got 4 x 12V 50W downlights in my bathroom ceiling at home, they are all fire rated, but are IP20. I know that lighting with IPX4 has to be used in Zones 1 and 2, but the downlighter is 1.3m off the floor level, so...
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    • aus bathroom downlighters zones
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    • Forum: Australia
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    American Zones??

    Evenin all. Was just watching CSI New York on fiveUSA, and there was a scene where one of the CSI's had to turn the circuit breakers back on after an overeload, when she found the DB she had to stand in the BATH to switch them back on!!! God bless the Americans and their electrical...
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    Alarm detector wiring

    Hi all, started wiring an alarm today. its my first hardwired one, usually use the easy wirefree jobbies. Anyway is there common way that the conductors should be wired. IE, should the red be +ve and black -ve and the blue common etc. Its all working fine just worried about if anyone else was to...
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    Bathroom -outside zones

    Hi Done a pir with a unswitched fused spur feeding a towel rail located outside the zones.I cannot find the isolator for it anywhere and susspect that when the bathroom was refurbed was lost or switched on and left under floorboards !! The customer can only isolate by removing fuse.The question...
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    • aus bathroom zones
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia
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    Zones

    Evening guys . Just wondering i have to install a fan in a bathroom there has already been a hole cored out for a 4 inch fan. This is 2.70m from the plug hole to the bottom of the cored hole but they are installing a shower which the shower head will be closer to the fan not sure on dimensions...
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    hidden conduit question

    must start by sayin am not too familiar with th forum...is there anythin in 17th that mentions the need to use steel conduit when the socket is at the other side of a wall of a classroom say...unless it is within 150mm from corner of a room, cornice or boxed in steel column etc ???????
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    Zones

    Just started new job for a housing association. I noticed in a property the other day that there is a 230v fan + switched fusespur in zone 1. If a tenant leaves we have to do a NIC test for change of ocupancy.There are about 200 of these houses all the same. My experiance is in new build so i...

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