On 14 Mar 2007 09:40:34 -0700, "z" wrote:

My intention is to replace the vent fan in the shower stall with a
combined light/fan; easy access from the attic, don't want to separate
the two, just keep the one timer that ran the fan to run them
both.... but the fan/lights in the Home Dumpo all say "suitable for
installation in shower stall WITH A GFI" or similar. Why? If I wasn't
in grave danger of electrocution from the old fan two feet above my
head while taking a shower, why would I be in danger from the fan/
light? Am I missing something?


There is a height limit in showers below which the ceiling is presumed
to be a wet location. If the ceiling is below that limit,
(i forget what it is) and the old fan was at the intake end,
then I think that it, too, should have been GFCI.