On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 20:34:28 +0100, "BillP" wrote:


"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
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"Christian McArdle" wrote in message
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The light switch in my downstairs toilet is just a normal rocker type.
ISTM this is somewhat dangerous due to the proximity of basin & WC, so
I'm looking for a safer solution.

Absolutely no need. It is perfectly acceptable to use a standard light
switch in this situation.

Seconded. If a pull switch was needed then a kitchen would need a pull
switch as it has a sink. Only bath and shower rooms need the pull switch.

Adam-


Reminds me of the time I came home and my wife and two daughters were in the
downstairs cloakroom, fascinated by the fact that they were getting a belt
from the light switch. A standard plastic rocker switch. "look Dad. Touch
the switch and it makes you jump. It's even worse if you reach over and
touch the tap on the basin at the same time". That can't be I said. The
switch is made of plastic and can't give you a shock. So I tried it. Bugger
me a proper belt off a plastic switch. (Not a static shock) I even got a
meter out and measured between the plastic rocker switch and the tap. 240V.


Had that in an upstairs toilet. No washbasin just the bog and the
light switch. Condensation was the problem. Tracking from the live
onto the rocker.

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Alan G
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