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    Shaver plugs and towel rails

    Just a quick question. How many shaver plugs may be on one circuit? Same question for towel rails. Do each of them have to be on a circuit with seperate breaker? Thanks.

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    Hi

    They do not have to be on separate circuits .
    If you look at 6.16.4 it requires any heating and cooling circuits over 16 Amp to be on dedicated circuits.Anything under can be multiply appliance on one circuit taken into account the current being drawn for each.

    6.16.4 Heaters, appliances for space heating and for cooling
    NOTE 1 Heaters include towel rail and mirror heaters, hair and hand dryers, and the
    like (see also 6.16.1).
    NOTE 2 Appliances for space heating include fixed heaters (including air
    conditioners), underfloor, undertile, undercarpet, underplaster heating, and
    the like (see also 6.16.1).
    NOTE 3 Appliances for cooling include extraction and ventilation fans, fans combined
    with luminaires, air conditioning, refrigeration and freezer units, and the like (see also
    6.16.1).
    6.16.4.1 Heating and cooling
    6.16.4.1.1 Dedicated circuits shall be provided for fixed space heating and
    cooling (air-conditioning units) that are rated at more than 16 A. There may
    be more than one unit on each circuit and the power supply to each unit shall
    be controlled by a switch-disconnector.


    Circuits to shaver sockets are treated the same way as a normal socket outlet

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