- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
- Occupation
- Electrical Engineer
If there were such a rule, and it was about being NEAR water, how would you explain garbage disposal switches being right above a sink?
There is no NEC rule, although you can't be stupid about it.
This one is my favorite, it's my Niece's former house in San Jose, built in 1900.
I think that when it was built, there was no electricity brought into it, there are gas pipes for wall sconces all over. Her husband inherited this house from an Uncle who lived alone in it for 70 years, so we don't know when the switch was put in. After they took ownership and moved in, I traced the wires for this and disconnected them, then put another switch on the other side of the wall in the hallway. But I told her to get a tile guy in to remove that old switch and box, then tile over the hole. She never did because they decided to sell the house. The buyers hired a Home Inspector, who never said a word about the switch in the shower...
There is no NEC rule, although you can't be stupid about it.
This one is my favorite, it's my Niece's former house in San Jose, built in 1900.
I think that when it was built, there was no electricity brought into it, there are gas pipes for wall sconces all over. Her husband inherited this house from an Uncle who lived alone in it for 70 years, so we don't know when the switch was put in. After they took ownership and moved in, I traced the wires for this and disconnected them, then put another switch on the other side of the wall in the hallway. But I told her to get a tile guy in to remove that old switch and box, then tile over the hole. She never did because they decided to sell the house. The buyers hired a Home Inspector, who never said a word about the switch in the shower...