wall lights in shower

[Len]

shower lights

shower lights

You will need to use LED lighting. Phillips is one choice. they have many lights listed for wet locations. I would use clear tiles and led lights for back lighting. Will be very cool but expensive'

 

[Santee]

Do not use any form of a surface mount light - as one has stated mold and moisture will find a way behind the light.

Wish I had the pictures but we lined the wall with some nice low voltage step lights, used stainless screws and painted them to match wall tile. Also used a small bead of silicon along with gasket to reduce moisture entering behind the light lens. Added feature to shower was a bull nose ledge along top of tile on walls which we placed LED tape by WAC lighting.

 

[macmikeman]

For a couple of years now, 4 shower heads from ceiling has been all the rage with housewives. It started in the rich houses, but now I see the first time young home buyers asking the plumber if he can re-do his piping since she saw it at the place he sent her to get shower valves and couldn't resist buying it...... 20 years ago it was glass block everywhere.

 

[jaylectricity]

How about some mood lighting and install those low voltage lights you normally see embedded in the kicks of each step on an outside staircase?

 

[mjf]

Hmmm

Hmmm

Wall lights in the shower .......... I immediately thought of inground pool lighting.

 

[George Stolz]

It would probably behoove the casual reader if we stuck to what the NEC requires in the situation, and not jokingly suggest what is not allowed.

Reference 410.10-ish, haven't got the book handy at the moment.

 

[jaylectricity]

It would probably behoove the casual reader if we stuck to what the NEC requires in the situation, and not jokingly suggest what is not allowed.

Reference 410.10-ish, haven't got the book handy at the moment.

Actually, it would help the casual reader, it would behoove the joking posters.

That being said, point taken.

 

[rich9112]

Just went through this...

Just went through this...

I just went through this with a doctor who had to have lights in his shower floor. I ended up going with fiber optic lighting and installing the "generator" (metal halide projector) in the utility room adjacent to the bathroom. Ran about a thousand bucks for the materials. They make side and end glow cable which is nifty. The tile guys hated it but the owner is still raving about his totally awesome shower lighting. I would have preferred using led shower heads which generate enough power to light up a shower just with the flow of water. They run about 60 bucks. Unfortunately, they just weren't cool enough.

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/lifestyle-home/led-shower-light/index.html

check out the fiber optic stuff on you tube

 

[LarryFine]

I would have preferred using led shower heads which generate enough power to light up a shower just with the flow of water. They run about 60 bucks. Unfortunately, they just weren't cool enough.

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/lifestyle-home/led-shower-light/index.html

Those are cool! The water temperature controls the color, and the water flow generates the power.

 

[bradleyelectric]

Speaking of shower lights, any ideas for a shadowbox outdoor shower? That head looked interesting, and would look pretty cool in the pitch dark, but I don't have any Eros on me and would kind of like to be able to find the cloths I wore out to the shower after I turned the water off.

 

[goldstar]

I ran into a situation like this about a year ago. I noticed a wall mounted light in an indoor hot tub area of a spa that I was at. The unit was all plastic and gasketed. I thought "this is perfect". However, the inspector didn't think so. He said that the fixture has to have a label on it that said it is "approved for use in a shower". If you look at recessed fixtures that have shower trims you'll see that they are listed for use in a shower.

Good luck trying to find one. If you do happen to find one I'd be willing to bet it isn't going to be aesthetically appealing to your customer. A good alternative would be to locate recessed lights w/ shower trims just outside the shower area and hope enough light spills into the shower space.