On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:30:56 -0500, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

But, GFIs do make sense to me. You never know if you are going to live
long enough so your memory deteriorates to the point where you find
yourself making silly mistakes that put you in harm's way, or a child
too young to have been taught better drops a plugged in older hair dryer
(one without a GFCI plug on it's cord.) into mommy's bath water.


To the OP. Put in a GFI anyway. Cost isn't an issue in this
situation. That said TV's Mythbusters busted the notion that one can
electrocute and kill the villian by shoving the hair dryer or some
other live appliance into a filled bath. But using a live appliance
with a wet hand can give a very unpleasant shock, may kill someone
with a pre-existing medical condition or cause a nasty (a fall)
accident.