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Default GFCI toggle switches?


"Doug" wrote in message
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I have a set of AC toggle switches about a yard away from my shower
stall. Light, vent fan, and heat lamp. They are in one box -- one dual
switch, and a single switch with an indicator light (the heat lamp).
I've been wondering if I should be using a GFCI there. But the only
ones I can find are GFCI outlets, not GFCI switches, and especially
dual switches. There isn't any outlet there.

First question is if I need GFCI there. If someone reaches out of the
shower with wet hands and touches an AC switch, are they in danger of
electrocution?

If yes, what do I do about it? Special grade switches? Or is there
really a way of getting GFCI into a dual box with three switches?


Leviton does make a combination gfci-single pole toggle switch. Unless the
fan unit is in the shower enclosure or over the tub, there is no NEC
requirement that it or the switches that control it, be gfci protected.
There is a requirement to have a gfci receptacle next to the sink .