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IP rating in the bathroom

Is the IP rating I have enough for this zone?

Result

Required by the standardIPX4
Typical commercial markingIP44

The requirement is IPX4. Equipment is sold marked IP44, which covers it.

✕Non-compliant — IP20 does NOT cover the IP requirement of zone 1

Article 7.1.4.1 I7-2011

The IP rating is not the only condition. In zone 1, Art. 7.1.4.3 allows only junction boxes and fixing devices supplying equipment permitted in zones 0 and 1, plus accessories of SELV or PELV circuits rated at no more than 25 V AC or 60 V DC, with the source installed outside zones 0 and 1. Art. 7.1.5: in zone 1 only fixed, permanently connected equipment may be installed.

Every circuit in a room with a bath or a shower is protected by an RCD of no more than 30 mA.

Not covered here: the minimum IPX5 required for equipment subjected to water jets (Art. 7.1.4.1).

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