light switches in bathrooms -

[Paul P]

does a child know not to touch the switch with wet hands ? dont think so

They dont seem to get electricuted in the rest of the world with switches in bathrooms

 

[Smugley]

They dont seem to get electricuted in the rest of the world with switches in bathrooms

I was going to say the same - back in Australia we not only had wall switches but sockets aswell. Maybe it's the steamy British bathrooms...

 

[Paul P]

I was going to say the same - back in Australia we not only had wall switches but sockets aswell. Maybe it's the steamy British bathrooms...

Nice to see some one else talking sense, I cant see the problem with switches and sockets in bathrooms.

 

[devonguy02]

Just come accross a new job, part p elec has fitted standard plateswitch and 2 fused spurs in a bathroom that gets very steamy with a tiled floor, having spent 26 years in the industry, on re wires/new wiring, im not as yet part p, i was appaled, I would have fitted pull cord, or all switches outdide bathroom door, where its wood flooring, dry and carpeted, they call it progeress?

 

[Engineer54]

The Americans have twin socket outlets in all there bathrooms, but they are 115 volt and are always the integral protected type with a 6 mA RCD. They tend to use normal wall switches too (not IP rated in any way), like most other countries throughout the world. That's not to say that the higher UK standard for bathrooms should be lowered to match other countries standards, quite the opposite!! Mind you, i do find the 17th BS7671 regulations go a little OTT. Earlier regulations were more than sufficient, as proved by 30 odd years they were in use...

 

[cloverman]

Don't forget mentally retarded people as well.

Or even people with learning disabilities or special needs which is a more socially accepted term in society today !

 

[telectrix]

and adolph hitler was not a megalomaniac, power mad dictator. he was a misunderstood and humanitarianly disadvantaged.

 

[Des 56]

and adolph hitler was not a megalomaniac, power mad dictator. he was a misunderstood and humanitarianly disadvantaged.

He may have believed in the superiority of the German instruments