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Thread ID: 58577	2005-06-05 02:36:00	Basic Electrics	Basil (7748)	PC World Chat

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361303	2005-06-05 02:36:00	Installing a heated towel rail: Could someone please tell me how the rail's brown, blue and yellow/green striped wires correspond to the old red,green and black wiring in the house? Many thanks Baz	Basil (7748)
361304	2005-06-05 02:42:00	brown=red, blue=black and yellow/green=green. if your not sure on the wiring get a sparky. incorrect wiring, exspecially in a bathroom can be lethal.	tweak'e (69)
361305	2005-06-05 02:44:00	Many thanks tweak'e - I'm fine with it. Just couldn't remember how they corresponded.	Basil (7748)
361306	2005-06-05 02:52:00	I'm not sure that we should tell you this. ;) It must be permanently wired if installed in a bathroom. I think I can safely assume that you aren't registered to do that. And it mustn't be run from an extension cord plugged in outside the bathroom either. So either get a sparky, or keep the towel heater outside the bathroom. However, the colour code is widely published because there are some things you can legally perform for yourself. Brown = Red (= phase, "hot"). Blue = black (= neutral ). Green/white = green (= earth).	Graham L (2)
361307	2005-06-05 03:12:00	It also MUST be on an RCD if anywhere near water. One assumes you have water in this bathroom? Placing a combination RCD/socket downwind of the bathroom plug will be sufficiant. An RCD may allready be in your switchboard. Also, this reallyshould have gone into "chat" as its not a computer question.	personthingy (1670)
361308	2005-06-05 04:38:00	I appreciate all your concern. The thing is permanently wired in. It was done by an electrician when the house was built. I had to take it off the wall and didn't keep a record of how the wires corresponded. I don't think that taking it off the wall and putting it back how it was is illegal or whatever. And I apologise for putting this in the computer forum rather than the chat forum. Cheers.	Basil (7748)
361309	2005-06-05 05:03:00	I appreciate all your concern. The thing is permanently wired in. It was done by an electrician when the house was built. I had to take it off the wall and didn't keep a record of how the wires corresponded. I don't think that taking it off the wall and putting it back how it was is illegal or whatever. And I apologise for putting this in the computer forum rather than the chat forum. Cheers.From an insurance point of view, simply replacing something that was "allways there" will be fine, so long as you didnt do it! From a safety point of view i'd still put an RCD on ANYTHING electrical in a bathroom. Remember, just when you think things are idiot proof, the planet produces worse idiots. I have one before my own bathroom plug (washing machine / hair clippers), as i sometimes except visits from people of human decent. :D	personthingy (1670)
361310	2005-06-05 05:47:00	From an insurance point of view, simply replacing something that was "allways there" will be fine, so long as you didnt do it! From a safety point of view i'd still put an RCD on ANYTHING electrical in a bathroom. Remember, just when you think things are idiot proof, the planet produces worse idiots. I have one before my own bathroom plug (washing machine / hair clippers), as i sometimes except visits from people of human decent. :D Don't get too carried away. The heater is hard wired, it does not need an RCD. Have you got all your kitchen plugs on RCD including the plugs on your stove, after all there is water in the kitchen. If not, why are you not following your own obsessive safety rules.	Safari (3993)
361311	2005-06-05 05:58:00	Have you got all your kitchen plugs on RCD including the plugs on your stove, after all there is water in the kitchen. My "stove" is gas, and all the plugs in my kitchen are on an RCD. Anyway, while i admit its over 2 years since i bothered to read the 'lecky regulations, the only exceptions were stove and HWC. All other "new" wiring had to be on an RCD, including lighting and fixed fittings. Please correct me if this has changed. :D	personthingy (1670)
361312	2005-06-05 06:18:00	Look - I appreciate the help I got and I'm sorry I put it in the wrong board. The house is modern and there is an RCD on the switchboard. This is no big deal. Let's leave it at that. :D	Basil (7748)
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