Dehumidifier

Emmia

RedFraggle said:

Eldi_Dos said:

RedFraggle said:

Another Meaco fan here.
https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/meacodry-abc10lb/meaco-meacodryabc10lb-dehumidifier?utm_source=transactional-emails&utm_medium=email&refsource=email&utm_campaign=335

Dries 2 loads overnight in our large bathroom. Super cheap as we're on E7. 

Advising anyone to use a portable electrical appliance in a bathroom, especially one with loads a wet/ damp laundry is quite simply bad advice.

We don't use that bathroom, we have 2. I was trying to indicate size. 

Like you I have a dry (unused)bathroom - but this is apparently the same risk level as one used for active showering and bathing which is wet, simply by virtue of having a bath in it.

Scot_39

No one said it was the same risk - just that the same rules apply.

Wiring regs dont make a distinction between used and unused bathrooms - just bathroom / shower rooms vs other rooms.

It's still legally a bathroom.

And you dont have to be using the bath or shower - for the pipework to spring a leak - and risk flowing all over an unattended electrical extenion lead socket and plug.

Swipe

Scot_39 said:

And you dont have to be using the bath or shower - for the pipework to spring a leak - and risk flowing all over an unattended electrical extenion lead socket and plug.

I guess that rules out using them in utility rooms and kitchens then

QrizB

Swipe said:

Scot_39 said:

And you dont have to be using the bath or shower - for the pipework to spring a leak - and risk flowing all over an unattended electrical extenion lead socket and plug.

I guess that rules out using them in utility rooms and kitchens then

... or any room with wet central heating.

luci

If anyone lives near Walsall, Argos have the 20L Meaco on clearance.

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/meacodry-arete-one-20l-4728685

Scot_39

Swipe said:

Scot_39 said:

And you dont have to be using the bath or shower - for the pipework to spring a leak - and risk flowing all over an unattended electrical extenion lead socket and plug.

I guess that rules out using them in utility rooms and kitchens then

Except not the same - as far more likely to have proper wall sockets to use - not a trailing socket as in case of most bathrooms.

And electrical regs for bathrooms again are for bathrooms and are the regs in the UK whether you like it or not - so again not the same at all.

 

EssexHebridean

QrizB said:

Swipe said:

Scot_39 said:

And you dont have to be using the bath or shower - for the pipework to spring a leak - and risk flowing all over an unattended electrical extenion lead socket and plug.

I guess that rules out using them in utility rooms and kitchens then

... or any room with wet central heating.

Or in any property with a water tank in the roof...

Scot_39

EssexHebridean said:

QrizB said:

Swipe said:

Scot_39 said:

And you dont have to be using the bath or shower - for the pipework to spring a leak - and risk flowing all over an unattended electrical extenion lead socket and plug.

I guess that rules out using them in utility rooms and kitchens then

... or any room with wet central heating.

Or in any property with a water tank in the roof...

Getting silly now.

Uk wiring regs exist for a reason.

End of.

EssexHebridean

Scot_39 said:

EssexHebridean said:

QrizB said:

Swipe said:

Scot_39 said:

And you dont have to be using the bath or shower - for the pipework to spring a leak - and risk flowing all over an unattended electrical extenion lead socket and plug.

I guess that rules out using them in utility rooms and kitchens then

... or any room with wet central heating.

Or in any property with a water tank in the roof...

Getting silly now.

Uk wiring regs exist for a reason.

End of.

It was getting fairly silly when people started jumping onto moral high-horses in the first place, in fairness. Yes - the rules are there for good reason, I think we can all agree on that - but the majority of that "good reason" is because yes, there are idiots out there who would otherwise blow-dry their hair directly over a full bath, and then try to retrieve the dropped hairdryer without unplugging it... Mercifully I - and I suspect the vast majority of those replying on this thread - are not that type of idiot. 

Oh - just a note - saying "End of." on an internet forum does not automatically close a conversation if someone has something further to add - I'm afraid no individual member here has that god-like power over any other. The only thing that can do that is a member of the forum team hitting the "close thread" button.

Eldi_Dos

RedFraggle said:

Eldi_Dos said:

RedFraggle said:

Another Meaco fan here.
https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/meacodry-abc10lb/meaco-meacodryabc10lb-dehumidifier?utm_source=transactional-emails&utm_medium=email&refsource=email&utm_campaign=335

Dries 2 loads overnight in our large bathroom. Super cheap as we're on E7. 

Advising anyone to use a portable electrical appliance in a bathroom, especially one with loads a wet/ damp laundry is quite simply bad advice.

We don't use that bathroom, we have 2. I was trying to indicate room size. I think this is by far the largest response I've caused in all my years here. 😲

My final comments are: yes, it's plugged in outside the bathroom. The door cannot be left open as the orange cat would reorganise all washing to the floor.
Finally, you can't risk mitigate against stupidity but thankfully I am not in fact stupid! 

I was once at a leaving do and some of the young lads where getting a bit frisky and boisterous when the lovely Italian waiter stated they were not insured for stupidity, its a phrase that has stuck with me since.

Its not something I would accuse you of , but what you are doing I would describe as unwise and even more unwise to advocate that it is acceptable, still as long as the cat is ok all is well.