Shower or Regular Down lights in bathroom?

[Expatman1]

I am refurbishing a bathroom and want to fit GU10 down lights with LED bulbs. Question is do I have to fit fire rated shower down lights everywhere in the bathroom or can I use regular fire rated down lights everywhere except those that go over shower cubicles or the bath? In my case only 2 down lights will go over a bath or shower and the other 6 will be in open areas.[/u]

 

[Taylortwocities]

What zone will the lights be in? //www.diynot.com/wiki/Electrics:bathroom_zones

That will determine the IP rating.

Is the bathroom ceiling a fire barrier? if not then fire-rated fittings are pointless.

BUT your fittings must comply with Building Regulatyions Part C to prevent steam being drawn into the roof space, where the condensation will rot your roof timbers. And you do not want that.

 

[ericmark]

Fire rating has nothing to do with the bathroom it's the area above the bathroom which says if fire rating is required.

A GU10 lamp holder can still take a halogen lamp so has to be installed in a way that a halogen would not produce a danger, the L2 version although you can't fit halogen lamps many of the LED lamps have not got the hole in the base so will not fit either.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Fire rating has nothing to do with the bathroom it's the area above the bathroom which says if fire rating is required.
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Sorry, Eric. I have to disagree. It is not what is above the room. The need for fire-rated downlights is to maintain the fire resistance integrity of the surface that has been penetrated.

If the ceiling is only a 30 minute one (ie single sheet of plasterboard) then there is no point putting in 60 minute fire-rated fittings. If the surface is part of a fire compartment (eg between flats) then it is definately required.

 

[EFLImpudence]

See here.