0

1

2

3

OUTSIDE

✘✘✘✘

✘✘✘

✘✘✘

✘ ✘ ✘

ZONEWall

MountedSwitch230 V

Light 230 V

Pull CordSwitch

Mechanism

InsulatingPull Cord

SELVLight

SELVTransformer

ShaverSupply Unit

FixedFan

230 V

ShowerPump

WaterHeater

Note 2

Note 3

✘

Fixed Fan

SELV

Note 3

Note 3

Note 1

Note 3

Note 3 Note 4

✘✘ Note 2

Note 3

Note 3

Note 3

Note 3

Note 3

✘

OtherFixed

Equipment

Note 2

Note 3

✘

Note 4

NOTES (also see notes overleaf)

1 Not exceeding 12 Volt ac rms and must be IPX7

2 Unable to be located elsewhere, protected by an RCD with a residual operating current of 30mA or less, and IPX4 (IPX5 if hosing down)

3 IPX4 level of protection required (IPX5 if hosing down)

4 Shaver supply unit, complying with BS EN 60742 Chapter 2, Section 1

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GUIDE TO SITING EQUIPMENT IN A LOCATION CONTAINING A SHOWER

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Zone 0

Zone 1

Zone 2

Zone 3

Outside Zones

*

** Recess above ceilingzone 2

Zone 1 if the space is accessible without the use of a tool

2.4 m

2.25 m

0.75 m

2.4 m0.6 m 0.6 m

*

**

NOTES (also see notes overleaf)

(i) This guide applies to a typical domestic shower roomcontaining a shower basin but without a permanently fixedpartition. Reference should be made to BS 7671, including theparticular requirements given in Section 601.

(ii) Local supplementary bonding is required to connecttogether the terminal of the protective conductor of each circuit supplying Class I and Class II equipment in zones 1, 2 or 3, and extraneous-conductive-parts in these zones.

(iii) All equipment to be suitable for the zone where it is installed.

(iv) LV socket-outlets not permitted, except for a shaver supply unit.

(v) Except for shavers, portable LV equipment is not permitted.