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Electric Shower. Pull cord type isolator required?

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  • 25-01-2015 10:17pm
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    corglass
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    Hey guys,

    Does anyone know if an external fitted, suitably rated flick switch, like those used for a cooker can be used as a shower isolator or must a pull cord type one be used?

    What's the relevant regs here.

    Thanks


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    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 17,097 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    corglass wrote: »
    Hey guys,

    Does anyone know if an external fitted, suitably rated flick switch, like those used for a cooker can be used as a shower isolator or must a pull cord type one be used?

    What's the relevant regs here.

    Thanks

    Cooker switch is fine (better in my opinion). Would have to be on outside bathroom wall. Never in the hot press.


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    corglass
    Registered Users Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭corglass


    Thanks. The cooker one is being installed outside the ensuite door, in the bedroom.


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    Stoner
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    you can get 45 Amp double pole isolators in single gang too, so nice and small. That is what I used in my house, right beside the light switch to the bathroom, far better job IMHO


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    TSQ
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    Is it a requirement for integrated fridge freezers to have an isolator switch for the socket (the socket is inaccessible, behind the fitted unit). Also, is there any rule regarding the location of the isolator switch? I want to mount it above the fridge, out of reach, so it can't be accidentally turned off. The sparks wants to mount it on the wall above an adjacent low level press (at about 1.2m above the floor). What other integrated appliances need an isolator switch?

    Thanks in anticipation.


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    meercat
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    TSQ wrote: »
    Is it a requirement for integrated fridge freezers to have an isolator switch for the socket (the socket is inaccessible, behind the fitted unit). Also, is there any rule regarding the location of the isolator switch? I want to mount it above the fridge, out of reach, so it can't be accidentally turned off. The sparks wants to mount it on the wall above an adjacent low level press (at about 1.2m above the floor). What other integrated appliances need an isolator switch?

    Thanks in anticipation.


    All alliance with sockets not readily accessible need an isolators

    ie wash machine,dishwasher microwave and even the cooker hood

    An isolator should be mounted between 400-1200mm


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