Should I rewire the boiler circuit?

Ectophile

Bendy_House said:

If that's a single-pole socket, then it doesn't conform. But it'll all be happy once a FSU is fitted instead.

And since all that needs doing to the boiler circuit is to remove one unnecessary lounge socket, that's all good too.

Result!

But pulling the plug out gives very reliable double-pole isolation.

Bendy_House

Ectophile said:

But pulling the plug out gives very reliable double-pole isolation.

Yes, but that suggests a plumber would also pull the plug out, and not just switch it off, assuming it to be DP.

I recall - from when I fitted my own boiler some 15 years ago - that the rules then (and probably still are) were that, if a plug socket was used, it MUST either be a DP-switched socket, or else an unswitched type, the latter meaning that the plumber would HAVE to withdraw the plug to isolate the circuit.

I can't tell if the OP's socket is SP or DP, and that's why it's considered a risk.

Risteard

FataVerde said:

@fenwick458 Thanks for the reply. Yes, the boiler is plugged in so great to know there would a be an easy solution.

The EICR report said "Circuit no 4 (boiler) overrated C2' and 'Boiler socket loose C3.'

The light is about half a meter to a meter from the shower (and it's not LED either). There's another light right above and that is IP protected. 

What altitude above floor level is the bottom of the luminaire?

FataVerde

Risteard said:

FataVerde said:

@fenwick458 Thanks for the reply. Yes, the boiler is plugged in so great to know there would a be an easy solution.

The EICR report said "Circuit no 4 (boiler) overrated C2' and 'Boiler socket loose C3.'

The light is about half a meter to a meter from the shower (and it's not LED either). There's another light right above and that is IP protected. 

What altitude above floor level is the bottom of the luminaire?

 The ceiling is 2.46m high and these are ceiling lights

Risteard

FataVerde said:

Risteard said:

FataVerde said:

@fenwick458 Thanks for the reply. Yes, the boiler is plugged in so great to know there would a be an easy solution.

The EICR report said "Circuit no 4 (boiler) overrated C2' and 'Boiler socket loose C3.'

The light is about half a meter to a meter from the shower (and it's not LED either). There's another light right above and that is IP protected. 

What altitude above floor level is the bottom of the luminaire?

 The ceiling is 2.46m high and these are ceiling lights

If all of the luminaire is above 2.25m above FFL then it's not in any zone.