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Hi Guys, visited a brand new house today and had a nose round as you do. I know it's sad but I'm looking at the electrics. What I noticed in the bathroom was a normal wall mounted light switch by the bathroom entrance door within the bathroom. The isolation switch for the extractor fan was also mounted along side the wall switch. Wall light switch was fairly near a wash basin. Whilst wall switches were outside zones areas, is this allowed?
 
He says they are outside of the zones.
 
you can have a plate light switch in a bathroom as long as its outside the zones and RCD protected
 
so when was the last person to be electrocuted by a wall switch in a bathroom, where switch is out of reach of the bath?
 
so when was the last person to be electrocuted by a wall switch in a bathroom, where switch is out of reach of the bath?

That's one way to look at it but as highly experienced competent sparks [ ;-) ] its our job to prevent there ever being a first person electrocuted by a wall switch in a bathroom where the switch is out of reach of the bath.
 
A normal light switch inside a room which will be damp/steamy, and will have someone dripping wet having just been in the bath in it? It may not be against the regs but it aint right. Daz
 
A normal light switch inside a room which will be damp/steamy, and will have someone dripping wet having just been in the bath in it? It may not be against the regs but it aint right. Daz

They can be just as wet when they use a switch just outside the bathroom!! But then logically speaking, people normally dry them self off before turning the light off and leaving in the bathroom!!

The fact is, it's never been a problem having a sensibly placed switch in a bathroom, .....except in the UK!!
 

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