On Feb 17, 8:45*am, J Burns wrote:
On 2/17/12 7:36 AM, HeyBub wrote: J Burns wrote:

I'm glad the government stepped in.

Explain why you're glad the government stepped in. And no, it is not
self-evident.

I'm sure I explained in my post. *You must have overlooked it.



Many houses do not have GFI
outlets. *Some could not have them added without rewiring. *A person
could get a hair dryer wet while plugged in somewhere besides the
bathroom.

As he could with an electric drill, vacuum cleaner, weed-whacker, TV set,
trouble light, computer, clock, microwave, lamp, or thousands of other
electrical implements.

They aren't often left on bathtubs where children bathe. *Hundreds have
been electrocuted. *Wherever a hair dryer is used, it will probably
contact a wet head. *The NEC and the UL have required GFI in hair dryers
more than 20 years.

UL or some other authority may require it, but it's not
the NEC, which has nothing to do with hair dryers