Should I be worried about this feature of our current holiday home?

[tessmcgill]

I'm no electrician but are there any out there who could take a look at the light fitting in our holiday home (Airbnb) that I'm a bit worried about? We are in the UK and the gap from light fitting to shower enclosure at its smallest is approx 1inch.

Thank you - posted here for traffic....

It doesn't matter that it's an approved uk light . Bathroom electrics have zones
.... that close to a shower it needs to be special fittings with ratings. That cheapey crappy ikea number won't have the adequate protection

Admittedly it wasn't in the bathroom...

Fine in a regular room. Not on in the shower.

It is too close to a water source and wouldn't comply with iee regulations. Same with how you don't put switches/ sockets in bathroom. It would be perfectly fine In a living room say... as its just the cover that's slipped. In the bathroom it isn't fine whether the cover is slipped or not unless it's More than 50cm away from shower

Needs to be a covered light (with 1 or 2 exceptions, but this one definitely isn’t ok)

From your photo, it APPEARS as though the light is in zone 1 or zone 2 of your bathroom - but is not IP rated (as far as I can tell).

Not a suitable fitting for a bathroom (imo). Call an electrician. Replace it.

Unless you are going to stand in a bath of water on a metal ladder to change the bulbs, you probably won’t die but, BUT, it’s so obviously not in compliance with current UK regs I cannot believe how the bnb owner thought that would be ok. They cannot have had a properly certified electrician to sign off on their property so I’d be concerned about all of the electrics tbh

If the light is more than 60cm from the shower enclosure AND higher than 2.25m then it doesn't need to be IP rated, but it is recommended.

All in all, ditch it.

I’ve looked at the Ikea link, and it isn’t bathroom rated. Assuming it is less than 2.25 m from the floor it should be ip44. Even if it’s higher it has to be “suitable” which I’d say that isn’t.

Stupid thing is if it’s higher than 2.25m it doesn’t matter about the shower being near.

I’d say it’s not immediately dangerous if it’s wired correctly and no one sticks fingers in.

It’s isnt right, but it can probably wait until the morning.

Definitely zone 2, less than 2.25 meters and (given my quick check of your links) needs to be ip44. Thank you all.

Looks like you could get electrocuted standing in the shower enclosure having a shower if you touched the metal part of the shower frame.

The light fitting needs to be rated according to this graphic ideally. IME I would say this is not satisfactory.