Replacing Shaving/Light unit with an LED Mirror.

lemonkey

As the thread title suggests, I'm trying to replacing an existing Shaving/Light unit with an LED Mirror.

Existing wire going to the shaver light: Black, Red and bare Copper (neutral?) wires.

LED Mirror: Blue & Brown wires.

Is this something I could undertake myself? and if so, would a simple case of connecting the wires and wrapping them in insulation tape suffice? My knowledge of electricity is that it's dangerous :pac:

A Sparky supposed to call 3 weeks in a row now and keeps putting me off so want to get it sorted asap.

It's not designed to be a puzzle, surely it can't be that hard?

2011

From a legal perspective electrical work in a bathroom can only be carried out by a Registered Electrical Contractor.

Using insulation tape to join mains voltage cables is not permitted. The bare copper wire is most likely an earth connection. This should be sleeved.

I would strongly recommend that you get a qualified electrician to do this work. It should be simple enough.

lemonkey

2011 wrote: »

From a legal perspective electrical work in a bathroom can only be carried out by a Registered Electrical Contractor.

Using insulation tape to join mains voltage cables is not permitted. The bare copper wire is most likely an earth connection. This should be sleeved.

I would strongly recommend that you get a qualified electrician to do this work. It should be simple enough.

Damn your sensible post!

Thanks for the reply. Back to the waiting game.

meercat

lemonkey wrote: »

A Sparky supposed to call 3 weeks in a row now and keeps putting me off so want to get it sorted asap.

If a rec calls to fit a new light then to comply with current regulations he has to ensure that it is rcd protected. He also has to provide a Cert 3 for this. The work involved and cost to you is possibly prohibitive so a lot of electrical contractors will avoid this type of work.