The toilet, of course, is far from the main room in the apartment. However, the bathroom should be equipped in such a way as to use it as conveniently and safely as possible. This also applies, of course, to lighting. Wiring & Connection fixtures in the toilet must be performed correctly.
The peculiarity of the bathrooms is primarily that in most cases the rooms are small. In addition, in toilets there is usually completely no natural lighting, because the windows in the bathrooms are almost never provided. Therefore, artificial lighting in such rooms, in any case, should be quite intense and powerful.
What to choose fixtures
Such devices are purchased depending on the design and layout of the bathroom itself. For example, lighting in a small toilet , long and not wide, it is best to equip with the use of any beautiful wall lights. With the help of such equipment, a narrow room can be easily expanded visually. To do this, the fixtures should be hung on both long walls higher.
For a lavatory with low ceilings, ordinary flat shades are best suited. Toilet lighting a large area can be organized using a variety of fixtures. It can be small ceiling chandeliers, and wall sconces, or even floor variants of such devices.
When choosing fixtures for the toilet among other things, the standards provided for by SNiP should be taken into account. Otherwise, it will be inconvenient to use the restroom later. So, for example, according to the rules, normal toilet lighting on 1 m 2 is equal to 20 lux.
Wiring Rules
According to the norms of SNiP, the cable in the toilet, as in the bathroom, is allowed to be laid only in a hidden way. That is, wires in such rooms are pulled in gates. The exception in this case are only wooden buildings. In the toilets of such houses, cables can be laid in hermetically connected metal pipes.
Sockets in the toilets are not allowed to be mounted. However, similar elements are installed most often only in combined bathrooms. In such rooms they are used for washing machines, hair dryers, etc. Sometimes they are connected to sockets and toilet lights . In any case, only waterproof structures (minimum IP 44) should be used in bathrooms.
Junction boxes are usually not installed in separate toilets or in bathrooms combined with one another. In any case, such an element is best taken outside the restroom.
Cable selection
Of course, the wires used for installation in the toilet, as elsewhere in the apartment, must be fireproof and reliable. When choosing a cable for the restroom, you need to pay attention to:
For obvious reasons, buying such products should be exclusively from trusted manufacturers.
As for the material, in most cases, property owners today use copper wiring to electrify it. Aluminum is considered obsolete and does not meet the requirements of the organization of modern life.
Wiring to toilets, combined or separate, conduct a three-core. That is, the cable must have a ground wire.
If copper wires are stretched everywhere in the rooms, then for the restroom, of course, this type of cable should be used. The aluminum version in this case is not particularly good. It is believed that it is best to use cables with low levels of smoke emission VVGng 3x1.5 or VVGNG-LS in bathrooms. In any case, the section acquired for toilet wire must not be less than 2.5 mm 2 .
Location of instruments: standards
In individual toilets fixtures can be hung almost anywhere. When installing such devices in combined bathrooms, the following rules should be observed:
to have toilet lights , like sockets, it is allowed no closer than 60 cm to sinks, bathtubs and showers;
It is also not allowed to place sockets or lighting fixtures directly next to the floor, in order to prevent them from getting wet as a result of leaks.
Connect the wires from the restroom to a two-pole RCD. This method will subsequently, if necessary, instantly de-energize the bathroom.
How to post to the toilet
Perform the restroom electrification procedure as follows:
make markings on the walls;
measure the required wire length;
they buy the cable itself.
Then:
perform gating walls on the markup;
under sockets, if provided, make sockets;
set the switches.
How to make light in the toilet: strobing walls
In brick houses, cables are usually pulled by a fairly simple technology. Strobing walls lined with such material is not too difficult. After all, brick is laid using cement mortar. This material is pretty easy to hammer and chisel.
The seam between the rows of bricks stretches in the vast majority of cases along the entire wall. So horizontal cable laying in such a house can be done in just a couple of hours. In this case, with vertical installation, you will have to tinker. After all, bricklaying is performed with dressing of seams. Therefore, in order to raise or lower the cable along the plane of the wall, you will have to use a grinder.
The same tool is usually used for chipping concrete walls. In this case, horizontal knockout has to be done more carefully than in brickwork - using the building level.
Wire routing
After the strobes are laid in accordance with the selected toilet lighting design begin to hollow out sockets for sockets. For this purpose, a hammer drill with a special nozzle is usually used. Then proceed to the actual laying of wires. Pulling cables in gates is allowed without any additional protection. But it is best to lay the wires nevertheless in the strobes through the pipe. In this case, subsequently, if necessary, they can be easily replaced.
The cable can be fastened when laying in the strobe, for example, with thin metal plates cut independently. Each such element is nailed in a strob in the middle. Then a cable is pulled over the plate. Then the ends of the metal strip are bent over the laid wire. According to the same principle, it is possible to fix the cable and the pipe under the cable.
After toilet wiring will be laid, the strobes are covered with alabaster or cement mortar. After waiting for the material to dry, the wall section above the cable is carefully sanded with sandpaper.
Instrument Connection
After the wall with the patched up wall dries up, you can proceed with the actual arrangement toilet lighting . When using only one lampshade in the restroom, it is best to move the switch outside, for example, into the corridor.
As for sockets, a socket is pre-hollowed out under this element. Switches are installed according to the schemes drawn on their rear panel. In cables, the ground wire usually has a yellow sheath, the “phase” is red, and the “zero” is blue. In accordance with this, the connection is made. Outlets at arrangement toilet lighting mounted by the same technology. That is, the conductors of the earth, phase and zero are connected to the corresponding terminals of the product.
Smart connection
Light in the toilet does not have to be used too often. But many people, after visiting the restroom, simply forget to click the switch. And this, of course, is very uneconomical. To avoid this, you can equip the toilet is not ordinary, but "smart" lighting.
In this case, in addition to the lampshade and the switch, a special device is installed in the restroom - presence detector to turn on the light . Mount such a device in the toilet directly at the entrance. Equipment of this type is connected directly to the wiring exiting the wall and to the lamp according to the scheme provided by the manufacturer.
Instead presence sensor to turn on the light Before entering the restroom, a motion sensor can also be installed. Such a device will also make living in the house much more comfortable. It differs from the presence sensor in that it does not “pick up” all kinds of small movements. However, a similar device passing through the doorway of a person can still be "noticed" anyway. In this case, the motion sensors are somewhat cheaper than the presence sensors.