Taking a Power Shower for the Olympics
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jumper
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Wow.....:jawdrop:
John120/240
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- Olathe, Kansas
WOW is right...Is that a SQ D panel ?
looks like it is... sorta makes one think "photoshop".. but with some of the factual stuff coming out of there.......
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- Lockport, IL
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I don't think it is a photoshopped image. Look at the reflection from the flash unit on the center of the panel, and follow the line of light along the tiles further to the right. It looks like a natural light pattern to me.
K8MHZ
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Panels show up in residential showers here in the US from time to time.
But in a hotel?
Yikes!
But in a hotel?
Yikes!
mgookin
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That was my perception as well. Seems like a legit photo.
Chris Hunkeler
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Based on how clean everything looks, hopefully nobody was ignorant enough to actually take a shower in there.
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Based on how clean everything looks, hopefully nobody was ignorant enough to actually take a shower in there.
kingpb
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- SE USA as far as you can go
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- Engineer, Registered
I would guess that is actually in a hotel in the US. Panelboard is not consistent with EU design.
fmtjfw
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- Fairmont, WV, USA
It looks like a European shower to me, notice the retracted "clothes line" below the shower curtain rod.
K8MHZ
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Lot's of new hotels being built there and some were behind in construction.
It could be brand new.
texie
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- Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Electrician, Contractor, Inspector
I'd say it is fine, just not complete. The EC just needs to call for re-inspection after installing the required listed panelboard shower curtain per Russian Electrical Code. Every properly trained Russian electrician should know that a listed panelboard shower curtain is required when locating a panelboard in a shower.
Geez, we let these people take our astronauts to the Space Station? We have really lost our minds.
Geez, we let these people take our astronauts to the Space Station? We have really lost our minds.
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
My guess too, that looks too "North American" to actually be in Russia.
K8MHZ
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Originally Posted by kingpbI would guess that is actually in a hotel in the US. Panelboard is not consistent with EU design.
Russia is not in the EU.
Yes, the panel does look NA, but the shower controls don't so much.
We may never know the true history of the pic. It may not even be in a hotel.
K8MHZ
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Do the old panelboard shower curtains in Russia contain iron?
fmtjfw
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- Fairmont, WV, USA
texie
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- Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Electrician, Contractor, Inspector
Well, I had typed out another response but backspaced it out due to possibly being overly political. OK, WAY to political, so I thought it best to stop here as far as my comments go.
Fulthrotl
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no, not since 1991. now they use depleted uranium. it's heavy and keeps the curtain from
fluttering in the shower spray, and they have lots of it.
IIRC, you only need a panelboard shower curtain if you have breakers
directly in the spray... notice they put the breakers up high... i bet they
don't hardly get wet at all....
that's the key to successful installs... experience with the little things.
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- Retired PV System Designer
I see that they had to reduce the size of the air vent to accommodate the panel.
I notice that your photo was on a US plumbing supply site.
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