Light switch within reach of shower.

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coulter said:
480 -
I thought about that - even as far as an intrinsicly safe control. I don't know how low you have to go to be safe when ones hands are soaking wet. Skin resistance gets pretty low when you are wet.

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I was thinking if one wished to have the contol in the tub/shower area or for the area with the local amendment.

carl
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Hard wire the light into "The Clapper" Clap On Clap Off :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
 
I was told by an inspector that if the switch was within reach of the shower the circuit had to be GFCI protected. This was a :confused: PITA because the panel didn't have room for a full sized GFCI breaker.
 
Filthy Phil said:
I was told by an inspector that if the switch was within reach of the shower the circuit had to be GFCI protected. This was a :confused: PITA because the panel didn't have room for a full sized GFCI breaker.
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Did you ask for a code reference or just decide to go along for the ride?
 
Filthy Phil said:
I was told by an inspector that if the switch was within reach of the shower the circuit had to be GFCI protected. This was a :confused: PITA because the panel didn't have room for a full sized GFCI breaker.
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Barring some local amendment to the NEC ...I'd say the inspector was a few electrons short of an atom....have him cite a code article, leave the PITA work to the PITA !
 
480sparky said:
Not if the strap is plastic.
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By "component", I am not limiting the debate to just the switch...I've also included:
Type AC
Metal Boxes

;)

IF there was fault with a component, wouldn't there still be potential "hazard" ?
 
Oklahoma City Amendments to 2002 NEC 210.70 (A) is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the first paragraph, and adding a new exception:

The wall switch required for the lighting outlet in bathrooms shall be installed at least 5 feet (1.52m) measured horizontally, from a tub or shower.

Exception: The branch circuit supplying the bathroom lighting shall have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel.
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Interesting though, a large suburb of OKC used to have the same amendment, but dropped it, as they figured it was more dangerous to be on a wet floor in the dark than a possible hazard that a switch less than 5' from a tub/shower could cause.
 
480sparky said:
Ya mean like this?

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Is that hi-hat trim listed for wet location? If so what brand?
 
Thank you all for your quik response.

Thank you all for your quik response.

Thank you all for your responses. I had other inspectors I work with telling me it wasn't allowed but they could not show me in the code book. Now I know why. :grin:
Elvis0101
 
celtic said:
Couldn't the same be said for any component?
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Yes.

I would propose grounded switches and/or GFCI and/or plastic screws.

We were using plastic screws in the bathrooms in the 70's before GFCI protection. It was cheap and it just made sense.
 
ItsHot said:
Who Let The Engineer In Here?
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:roll:

The engineers here are a major benefit of coming here to Mike Holt's forum.

If we had nothing but electricians here we would be missing a huge part of this trade.
 
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