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rabbit
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#1 Post by rabbit »

I want to fit an electric heated towel rail in my shower room. Probably around 500w
My question is can it be plugged in using a standard socket or does it require a permanent connection?
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#2 Post by ajm »

Ours came with a plug on it.
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#3 Post by exile »

500W is considerably less power than your kettle so a plug is no problem; however for a fixed installation like this I personally would prefer a permanent wiring in.
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#4 Post by Hotrodder »

And respecting the minimum distance from the "wet" area.
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#5 Post by RobertArthur »

@ Exile, as long as the socket and the towel rail are in a "safe" area, the regs allow the use of a plug. See pages 8 and 9 in this summary of the 2015 revisions of the French electrical code. It's about: Nouveaux schémas des volumes de sécurité dans un local contenant une baignoire ou une douche.
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#6 Post by hughnique »

Trouble with direct wiring as in the case of a fixed appliance, is that unless there is a switch on the actual towel rail, you can't easily turn it off.
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#7 Post by MAD87 »

We had a heated towel rail in our last house, plugged in to a "safe-distance" socket. No problem, and being equipped with a thermostat, was easy enough to control.
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#8 Post by tagh »

Reputedly very expensive to run?
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#9 Post by MAD87 »

tagh wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 2:26 pm Reputedly very expensive to run?
Probably. It was installed by an electrician along with new electric central heating, powered by (so they said) all-singing 'n dancing storage rads.
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#10 Post by hughnique »

tagh wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 2:26 pm Reputedly very expensive to run?
What isn't??
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