light switches for downstairs wc inside or outside wc?

Lara

4 years ago

Where would you put the light switch for downstairs wc? Outside or inside the wc?

Also for en-suite inside or outside? The bedroom lights are all inside the room.

Thanks!

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Jonathan

4 years ago

It depends if the door opens inwards or outwards.
If yet he door opens outwards then a light switch on the outside.
If the door opens inwards then a pull cord light switch inside

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Sonia
4 years ago
The light switch to my bathroom is outside the bathroom. I’m not sure you can put light switches inside a bathroom? Electrics and water not great. Used to be a pull cord, but maybe there are more modern alternatives nowadays?
Daisy England
4 years ago
My downstairs loo is a pull cord inside the room. It only has the loo and basin in there.

The main bathroom upstairs has a switch on the landing (so outside the bathroom) and the en-suite wall switch is in the bedroom if that helps.
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Patrina
4 years ago
Agree with Jonathan exactly that way round in all my Bathrooms.
User
4 years ago
Only pull cords are permitted inside bathroom, ensuite or cloakroom. Light switch must be outside.
tamp75
4 years ago
When we renovated, all bathroom / en-suite light switches were put outside the rooms. The electrician said they don’t tend to use pull cords inside bathrooms any more.
Gabby Wong
4 years ago
I think it’s to an extent preference... the old downstairs WC has a pull cord, the new bathroom/en-suite upstairs have a switch outside (regardless of which way the door opens)
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SASI Studio
4 years ago
Dear Sonia, an other idea maybe to use a 360 Degree Motion Detector Switch for Bathroom, you can find them from 10£ on Amazon.
Sonia
4 years ago
@SaSi that sounds an excellent idea!
Gabby Wong
4 years ago
Sisi if you use motion detector bulbs do they use the energy the whole time!
Priscilla
4 years ago
we recently installed a motion detector switch. it working fine. The only thing is when the kids are in the bath and the light goes off, the sensor cant detect their motion from the bath because of their height.
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SASI Studio
4 years ago
Motion sensors have a minimum energy consumption, depending on the type of motion sensor some of them may use about a watt of energy on standby mode (23 hours a day) and 5 watts on active mode (about an hour a day), so they are energy efficient if they are installed in medium-to-low traffic rooms, like closest, bathrooms, storage rooms, etc.. I would not suggest to use it for a heavy traffic room like the living room. Since the question here was referring to a bathroom in my opinion this is a viable option.
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Thanks Priscilla for your comment, true, there are several types of motion detectors with different levels of sensibility, so if you have children probably is worth to check the technical details of the product before to purchase it.
Gabby Wong
4 years ago
Thanks Sasi - I was considering it for the pantry.. or downstairs loo... but probably don't really need one! haha
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Our switches are all inside, downstairs loo and upstairs bathroom (upstairs we have 4 switches in there LOL). In the Netherlands that is. We've installed a motion detector downstairs, because the switch is at 140cm or so, which is still too high for our son. Sometimes, when one silently sits there a bit too long, one has to wave at it :)

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