In some suburban areas there is a building located in the far corner and similar in design to a birdhouse, which is already clear. At the numerous and long-term requests of relatives, I decided to make a light in the country toilet. The reason why it was not made is still simple. Electricity in the village is much more expensive than in the city, and as sometimes happens when you come to the dacha after a month or six months, you find the lamps not turned off or not turned off. Therefore, I did not want to conduct light into the country toilet even with an uncontrolled switch. Installing battery power is also irrational - after all, someone won’t turn off the light anyway. The idea of ​​putting a garden lamp in the toilet met with difficulties in providing uniform lighting. Diffusers of the luminaire are set for illumination in the horizontal plane. And if you remove the light diffuser, then instead of uniform illumination there will be one bright spot from a narrow LED beam. For the sake of experiment, I tried to connect a furniture LED battery lamp with a solar-powered garden lamp. Of course, I modified the lamp scheme a bit and ... Hurray! A self-made lamp assembled by oneself lit up from a garden lamp converter.

How to make self-contained toilet lighting with your own hands

1. We buy a furniture lamp. The price of a set of 3 pieces ~ 120 rubles. So the price of one is 40 rubles. In order for one lamp to work, three AAA batteries must be inserted into it. The price of batteries will exceed the cost of the lamp by 3 times! The lamp is made in a beautiful plastic case, but the most important thing is that you don’t have to bother with making a diffuser or looking for diffuser lenses.

2. We are looking for a donor - a solar-powered garden lamp, but with one feature, the storage battery must be of the AAA format. This format of the battery will allow you to create a complete design. The scheme of the garden lamp is shown in the figure.

AAA battery

3. We finalize the furniture lamp. Lamp scheme in the photo. To refine it, you need to disassemble the lamp, remove the board with LEDs and solder the positive power wire directly to the power supply circuit of the LED block, bypassing the quenching resistor and the switch.

4. Since the lamp housing will allow you to place the entire solar lantern electronics circuit, we remove the converter board from the donor (remember the polarity of the wire connection, if there are no markings on the board), we slightly modify the housing for passing wires from the LED block and the cable going to the switch and solar battery . The connection diagram of the elements of the lamp and the lantern is shown in the photo. We collect the scheme of a solar lantern. I managed to place all the electronics in the lamp housing. I think this is reasonable, since the lamp with electronics will be located in a room protected from precipitation and available for possible maintenance.

5. Four LEDs are a serious burden for a battery with limited capacity. With a 100% probability, the battery will not provide illumination of the room until the morning, and in case of inclement weather and a reduction in daylight hours, it may not be charged in a day. Therefore, to save battery life, I decided to install a switch. You can use the regular furniture lamp switch, but for this you will need to go into a dark room and look for a lamp under the ceiling. The switch was used electric for 220v and installed at the front door. The switch switches the LED circuit. At night, the lamp converter works with the LEDs turned off, but consumes much less electricity, but during the day it recharges the battery if possible. Luminaire with computer cable for LAN type UTP with switch and mounted on a tree on the south side of the solar garden lamp. The length of the cable to the solar battery was 6 meters.

Light installed

It is no secret that properly selected light sources provide not only comfort, but also safety when taking hygienic and relaxing procedures. Today we will talk about lighting in the toilet, as it plays an important role in creating a comfortable and stylish interior for your home. With the help of lamps, you can emphasize the design details of the design of the bathroom or divert attention from pipelines and vents.

Types of lighting in the toilet

What kind of lighting is best for the toilet is determined based on the design of the bathroom, its area, the color scheme of the interior and a number of other conditions. Before making a choice, it is advisable to familiarize yourself with the types of lighting and light sources.

Lighting for bathrooms is divided into three types:

1. General - provides the main light level of illumination.
2. Decorative - used to highlight interior items of bathrooms.
3. Spot - highlights different areas of the room.

Usually the lighting in the toilet, as well as in the bathroom, consists of a combination of these three types. According to the type of lamps are distinguished:

• Halogen. Sources of this type for 12 V can be used in the wettest areas of bathrooms. They are characterized by low power consumption with sufficient luminous flux.
• LED. Lamps in lamps of this type do not heat up, consume little electricity. LED lighting in the toilet is often used for decorative and spot lighting. An important advantage of such light sources is the ability to change the color of the lighting.
• Incandescent lamps. Classic lamps. Their main advantage is cheapness. Such lighting products are more widespread than any other.
• Luminescent. Their main advantage is low power consumption. These lighting products are cheaper than diode light sources.

According to the method of installation, suspended, overhead and recessed luminaires are distinguished.

There are also floor, ceiling and wall light sources.

The choice is made on the basis of several conditions.

• Light sources for the bathroom and toilet must match the design solution of the bathroom interior. For example, for a high-tech bathroom, chrome or nickel-plated lamps with clear lines and shapes are suitable.
• Before choosing lighting, you need to calculate its level. According to current standards, its level should be approximately 200 lux or lumens. The power of each type of lamp is translated into lumens according to special tables. The luminous flux of incandescent lamps is approximately 20-30 W per m2, fluorescent lamps give 4-6 W per m2, halogen light sources - 10-20 W per m2.
• When calculating the lighting in the toilet and bathroom, it is recommended to use standard methods that are in the public domain.
• Each lighting device is marked according to the degree of protection against ingress of moisture and foreign objects, which is designated as IP, followed by a combination of 2 or 3 digits.
• For toilets, light sources of protection class IP 21-41 are recommended.

Properly selected toilet lighting in the photo below.

On how to choose and do it right - a useful master class.

Lighting in a small toilet

Properly organized lighting of a small toilet will visually increase the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe bathroom. In rooms with a small area, it is advisable to make ceiling lighting. The light from above does not visually hide the already small space of the toilet room.

The type of fixtures is chosen based on the height of the ceilings, the general style, the material of the ceilings.

So, for example, recessed point halogen or LED light sources are well suited for plasterboard ceilings.

Flat single luminaires with shades of the appropriate design are suitable for rooms with low ceilings.

For toilets with high ceilings, it is better to choose a pendant-type light source.

Options for a successful lighting solution for small toilets are shown in the photo.

According to the current classification, country toilets are classified as rooms with high humidity. Therefore, the following rules must be observed.

• When organizing lighting in the toilet in the country, you need to choose fixtures of protection class IP 55 to IP 66.
• Wiring should be carried out in pipes that will provide additional protection against damage.
• The switch must also be waterproof.
• Sometimes the best solution to the question of how to make lighting in a country toilet is to use stand-alone battery-powered lamps.

If, nevertheless, you decide to make lighting for the toilet in the country from electricity, then first you need to carry it out. This can be done in two ways: by air and underground. It is easier to conduct a current-carrying line through the air. If there are no limiting conditions, this method is recommended for lighting a country toilet.

For wiring you will need:

• Screwdriwer set.
• Perforator with various nozzles.
• Mounting knife for cutting insulation.
• Insulating tape.
• Pliers.
• Round nose pliers.
• Side cutter.
• Hammer.
• Crimping pliers.
• Multimeter.
• 3-core wire brand VVG with a cross section of at least 1.5 mm.
• Junction box and switch.
• Metal insulated cable with hooks for fastening the cable line.
• Corrugation to protect wiring from moisture.
• porcelain insulator.

Installation steps

So, step by step instructions on how to lead the light to the toilet in the country.

1. We close the fastening structures into the walls and fix the cable on them.

2. We pass the wire into the corrugation.

3. Turn off the voltage on the input shield.

4. We drill inlet holes in the walls and lay pipes in them that will protect the cable.

5. We install a circuit breaker or RCD to which the wire will be connected.

6. We mount junction boxes, switches and fixtures, we stretch the wire, we carry out all electrical connections.

7. Check the correct connection with a multimeter.

8. Apply voltage.

According to the current electrical safety rules, the combined bathroom is divided into 4 zones, each of which has its own design of fixtures.

• In the zero zone, you can install light sources with a rated supply voltage of not more than 12 V, moisture and dust resistance class IP 68 or 68.
• Light sources from IP 55 to IP 66 can be mounted in the first zone. In this sector, splashes of water under low pressure are possible.
• In the second zone it is allowed to install lighting devices in IP 34-54 housing.
• Zone three. Two meters from the bath or shower, where direct exposure to moisture is excluded, light sources and electrical installation products IP 21–41 are recommended.

The following tools are required for installing light sources for lighting in a toilet and bathroom with electrical wiring already done:

• Screwdriver with phase indicator.
• Double sided construction tape.
• Insulating tape.
• Wire cutters.
• Knife with handles made of insulating material.

Stages of work on lighting the bathroom and toilet

1. To begin with, we determine the phase, neutral and ground wires. Phase and zero are determined using a phase indicator screwdriver.

2. Grounding conductor - using a multimeter. To do this, switch the device for measuring resistance. One probe touches a heating radiator or a grounded housing of any electrical appliance. The second one checks the wires one by one. When testing the ground wire, the multimeter will show zero resistance. It is advisable to mark all conductors so as not to confuse during installation.

3. Spotlights are installed as follows: first you need to strip the wires, connect them to the terminal block of the lighting device and install the lamp in a pre-prepared socket.

4. Pendant lights are attached to special mounting feet, which are hung on a hook.

Luminaires with transformers and controllers in bathtubs can only be placed in zone 3, according to.

5. LED light sources with controllers for lighting in the bath and toilet are usually supplied unassembled. Assembly begins with familiarization with the instructions.

7. Fix the power supplies and the controller with double-sided adhesive tape.

8. Then install the decor elements.

The assembly of LED lamps is carried out in the following sequence:

1. Install lamps.
2. Connect the power supplies to the corresponding channels of the controller.
3. Connect lamps to power sources.
4. Fix the control unit and power supplies.
5. Connect a light source.

Bath and toilet are areas of increased risk of electric shock. Self-lighting in the toilet and bathroom is best done with the necessary experience. If it is missing, after studying the materials in this article, you will be able to use this knowledge to control the work of a specialist.

Details on the installation of lighting and electrical wiring in the toilet can be found in this video instruction.

A toilet is something without which it is impossible to imagine a full-fledged summer cottage. The simplest option for a country toilet is a cesspool-based system. If desired, such a toilet can be made with your own hands. You just need to familiarize yourself with the proposed step-by-step guide and do everything in accordance with the instructions.

Before proceeding with any operations, you should collect the materials and tools necessary for arranging an individual toilet.

Kit for building a country toilet

1. Bar 100 mm wide and 50 mm thick. In the absence of this material, you can use an edged board.
2. Moisture-proof material. Roofing material is traditionally used.
3. A beam 300 cm long, with a section of 50x50 mm.
4. Floor board 3000x100x25 mm.
5. Sheets of coniferous lining.
6. Nails and screws.
7. Door with related elements and fittings.
8. Electric drill.
9. Hammer.
10. Jigsaw or hacksaw.
11. Shovel.
12. Roofing material. Usually used ordinary slate. If desired, you can make a roof at your discretion.

The amount of materials is selected individually in accordance with the dimensions of the future design. After everything you need is bought and collected in one place, you can start choosing a suitable place to place the toilet.

When choosing a location for such a delicate building, a number of important factors must be taken into account. First of all, decide whether you will make a latrine with a cesspool or another design is more suitable for you. At this stage, be guided by the level of passage of groundwater. If they pass at a depth below 250 cm, you can safely make a latrine with a cesspool. In the case of the passage of groundwater above the mark of 250 cm, it is better to abandon the design with a cesspool.

It is important to find a middle ground here - the toilet, after all, is an intimate place, but it is also not recommended to build it in some hard-to-reach area, which, if something happens, you can not reach.

If you are not going to turn an ordinary toilet into a work of landscape art, it is best to do it in some secluded corner, at a relatively small distance from the house.

When choosing a suitable place, you need to focus on the current sanitary standards.. They are especially important in the case of the construction of a toilet with a cesspool. If the pit you created is not airtight, waste will simply seep into the groundwater, which can ruin the plantings on the site. Yes, and it will be very dangerous to use such water in the future.

A toilet with a cesspool should be located at a distance of at least 12-14 m from the residential building. A "dry" outhouse should be built at a distance of 4-5 m or more.

Don't forget about your neighbors too. The minimum allowable distance between the toilet and the border of the neighboring plot is 1.5-2 m. The owners of the neighboring cottage are unlikely to like a closer location.

It is important that the toilet is located at the maximum possible distance from wells and wells. The optimal distance is 20-30 m.

A country toilet can easily become a source of characteristic unpleasant odors, therefore, when choosing a place for its installation, it is necessary to pay attention to such a parameter as the wind rose, which is specific to your area. Of course, the toilet needs to be cleaned regularly.

Usually a square pit is made with sides of 100 cm and a depth of about 2 m. Before you start digging a cesspool, clearly mark its limits.

The walls and bottom of the structure are to be reinforced. To solve this problem, you can use concrete rings or bricks, rubble stone, boards, etc. are also used. Crushed stone is poured into the bottom of the cesspool and carefully compacted. Brickwork is laid on gravel or a concrete screed is made.

The second stage is the arrangement of the cesspool. The internal walls of the cesspool are subject to mandatory moisture insulation. Such treatment will prevent the penetration of waste from the pit into groundwater. To waterproof the walls, it is enough to plaster or caulk.

The third stage is the preparation of the foundation for the toilet house. Traditionally, such houses are installed on columnar bases. The corners of the building should rest on brick pillars covered with roofing material as a waterproofing material.

The base of the house is assembled from wooden beams. They must first be primed and painted. Such treatment will prevent premature decay of the wood. Assemble the frame and place it on the brick base. Put 4 racks on the frame. Be sure to make sure they are placed vertically. Use bolts for a secure fit. Additionally strengthen the structure with metal plates. Install roof beams, as well as racks for mounting doors.

The roof should have a slight slope. To ensure it, make the front pillars slightly longer than the rear ones. Above the cesspool, arrange a frame of wooden bars for the future seat. The roof must be covered with roofing material and the selected finishing material. The most commonly used slate.

Nail vertical bars or boards to the frame for lining, siding or other material of your choice. Boards are fixed at a distance of 150 mm from each other. The base for sitting and the inner surface of the walls must also be sheathed with clapboard or other desired material.

Knock down the door, fasten the hinges in the appropriate places and hang the canvas. If desired, install fittings and additional elements in the form of a nut, trim, etc.

To make the restroom convenient to use at any time of the day, it needs to be supplied with electricity. Choose a lamp of your choice.

Also above the door you need to cut a window of the desired shape. Through it, the room will be illuminated in the daytime.

So that the country toilet does not become a source of unpleasant odors that poison life, pay due attention to the arrangement of the ventilation system.

Buy a plastic pipe with a diameter of 100 mm and fix it to the back wall of the house with clamps. One end of such a pipe must be deepened into the cesspool by about 100 mm, and the other must be brought out. To do this, you must first prepare suitable holes in the podium seat and roof. Choose the length of the pipe so that it rises above the roof by about 20 cm. Putty the places where the pipe passes through the floors. A special nozzle-deflector is installed on the ventilation head.

This is a traditional version of a country toilet with a cesspool. If you wish, you can opt for a different design, for example, a play closet or a powder closet.

Such a system is a kind of transitional link between the design with a pit and a full-fledged hygienic septic tank. The design is based on a sealed pit. In the future, only special sewage equipment will be able to clean such a cesspool. Consider if there are companies in your area that specialize in providing these services.

If there are problems with cleaning, it is better to immediately abandon the device of such a toilet.

The design works on an extremely simple principle. The toilet is located directly next to the house. The toilet is placed inside the room, and the cesspool is outside.

Dig a hole at least 100 cm deep. Fill the walls and bottom of the pit with concrete mortar. After the mortar on the walls has set, they will additionally need to be treated with a special waterproofing mastic. Also, waterproofing must be installed around the perimeter of the pit. It is best to make it from clay. A layer of clay with a thickness of about 50 cm will be enough. Place a hatch on top of the cesspool. It will be closed with lids made of cast iron and wood. Place insulation between the covers, mineral wool will do.

A sewer pipe is laid through the wall of the house, through which waste will go from the toilet bowl to the septic tank. The toilet requires the organization of high-quality forced ventilation. You can buy a special fan or create natural ventilation, the action of which is based on the temperature difference.

At the end, it remains to install the toilet, connect it to the cesspool, and the toilet will be ready for use. Such a system differs from an ordinary city toilet only in that the effluents are not discharged into the sewer, but into an equipped cesspool.

Such a toilet does not require the arrangement of a cesspool. Instead, a special container is used, installed under the toilet seat. When filled to a certain level, the container is simply taken out and cleaned.

In the toilet room, a container with sawdust, hay or peat should be installed. These materials will need to be poured into the toilet after each trip to the toilet to reduce the intensity of unpleasant odors.

Powder closets are extremely simple and easy to use. For the full use of the restroom, high-quality ventilation must be organized in it.

If desired, after 2-3 years it will be possible to “move” by equipping a clean container in a new place and filling the old cesspool with earth. The fourth time you can “move” to the very first place. Over the years, the waste will completely rot.

Wood is an excellent material with many advantages, but it has one serious drawback - the material deforms and changes in size somewhat during its service life. After some time, gaps will appear between the boards used to sheath the walls of the country toilet. To mask them, you can use a narrow rail. It is enough just to fill such rails over the cracks and the problem will be solved.

Thus, there is nothing complicated in the independent arrangement of a country toilet. You can make both an elementary design based on a cesspool, as well as a more modern and perfect toilet in terms of its characteristics. The choice is yours!

Video - Do-it-yourself country toilet step by step

Many of us, with the onset of warm spring days, begin trips to the country and before the onset of cold weather, all weekends and holidays are spent there.

And it just so happened that everyone's working day ends in about the same way, and all summer residents also stand in traffic the same way to get to their favorite vacation spot. By the time you get to the cottage, it may already be dark. Someone comes to the dacha and immediately goes to bed, someone else wants to relax in the company of relatives or friends with a mug of beer and a skewer of juicy kebab, but sooner or a little later they all face a natural physiological need and start looking in the dark for somewhere a place where you can relieve yourself. And after a successful search, they find in the dark the same dark toilet, in which it is not very comfortable to be.

To light a country toilet, you do not need to be an electrician and there is absolutely no need to pull wires, mount switches, hide all wires in corrugations or metal fireproof tubes. Everything is much simpler, more interesting and more convenient.

To illuminate the toilet in the country, it is quite enough to use solar-powered lamps. They are either hung on a hook or placed directly on the floor indoors, and the solar module is brought outside and installed in the most illuminated place. Also, solar-powered lamps can be mounted on the wall. During the day, the battery of the lamp is charged, and at dusk, a charged battery supplies power to the lamp, which illuminates the toilet. The charged accumulator is enough for work of the lamp within 8 hours. In the warm season, this is just the time of the dark part of the day.

The power of a solar-powered lamp of 0.3W is enough for light illumination, but it is better to consider options starting from 0.6W.

Caring for lamps is quite simple. During the operation period, it can work continuously. On many models of lamps there is a switch. It will allow you to turn off the device during your absence. With the onset of cold weather and, accordingly, at the end of the operating period, it is enough to remove the battery and take it away for storage in a warm place until the next season.

Such a simple solution allows you to illuminate not only the country toilet, utility rooms, verandas and gazebos. But for this case, you will need brighter lamps and more in quantity.

The most interesting models of solar-powered lamps for lighting the toilet can be found in the assortment of the brand Space, this manufacturer has several models of SOL218 and SOL224 luminaires. In appearance, the luminaires are not similar to a luminaire for housing and communal services, but differ in the presence of a solar panel and a fairly long wire.

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