Shower Power

[mdshunk]

Here's a similar one:

 

[R Bob]

Nice...I've always wanted a suicide shower.

That wasn't a KBR job overseas was it?

 

[ryan_618]

Aside from the open splice, how is this different than any electric water heater?

 

[steelersman]

Look close at the marking on the body of that thing, in blue.

I swear it says NEC.

I think NGC

 

[chris kennedy]

Aside from the open splice, how is this different than any electric water heater?

Your water heater is in your shower enclosure? Mine is in a utility closet.

 

[480sparky]

Your water heater is in your shower enclosure? Mine is in a utility closet.

He's probably thinking about the small on-demand units you see under the sinks in many commercial applications..... the faucet on the sink is the only hot water use in the building.

 

[normbac]

Aside from the open splice, how is this different than any electric water heater?

Well for starters barefoot, wet, standing in a wet location turning on and off the wet disco with spliced wet taped 240 volt conductors a knuckle away seems a tad bit more dangerous

 

[mpoulton]

Aside from the open splice, how is this different than any electric water heater?

No EGC to the unit, no grounded metal pipe to the unit, no fault current path whatsoever -- except through the water and the shower occupant. Word is that many of these units actually use bare elements immersed in the water flow, and rely on the grounded conductor being on the shower-head end of the element, as well as the geometry of the element and its enclosure, to prevent shock. Not a design or installation I want to trust - but I saw them all over in Guatemala.

 

[iwire]

Aside from the open splice, how is this different than any electric water heater?

Thanks for asking what I was thinking.

I think the answer is simply 'It's not how we do things here in the USA so it must be wrong'

 

[dbuckley]

Here's a similar one:

Now that switch looks like the size of switch used exclusively in the UK, in fact it looks like a member of the old style MK Logic range, and the fitment of the switch in that position is very much against the regulations. It should either be outside of the shower room altogether, or is a ceiling mounted switch with a pull cord.

A nice photo.

 

[peter d]

Thanks for asking what I was thinking.

I think the answer is simply 'It's not how we do things here in the USA so it must be wrong'

So when are you going to install a knife switch and taped splices in your shower?

 

[DanZ]

So when are you going to install a knife switch and taped splices in your shower?

I'm having one installed on the second Tuesday, three weeks from never.:grin: There's a huge difference between doesn't meet code and doesn't seem safe.

 

[quogueelectric]

The main problem is that people think that they will live forever.

 

[normbac]

The main problem is that people think that they will live forever.

actually they were clueless to the safety issues with this until I said something. They are poor and if it needs fixin they call uncle hack to fix it. He is clueless about electrical.

 

[DanZ]

The main problem is that people think that they will live forever.

I know I won't live forever, but I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep, like my Grandpa. Not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car. :roll:

The point is we can do simple things to prolong life while we're here. I'm not talking about wrapping the playground in bubble wrap or anything crazy, just eliminating possible hazards like this!

 

[MikeGee]

wow. I am -sheesh- can't describe. I'd either take cold showers or go ole natural. FUNKY!

 

[MikeGee]

Is that "12 wire" no wait that looks like "14 wire" after the taped connections?

 

[electricalperson]

actually they were clueless to the safety issues with this until I said something. They are poor and if it needs fixin they call uncle hack to fix it. He is clueless about electrical.

my grandpa used to fix everything no matter what it was. one day he would be a carpenter and next week he would be fixing the electrical problems

if duct tape cant fix it, it was never ment to be fixed