On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 19:17:16 -0000, Max Demian wrote:

On 10/11/2018 15:35, GB wrote:
On 10/11/2018 15:33, Steven Watkins wrote:
Why do houses have a switch to turn the shower off, either a cord on
the ceiling or a switch in the hall?

Can't be for safety - if you're in the shower and get a shock, if
you've managed to get out to reach the switch, you've got away from it
anyway.

Can't be to isolate to work on it, there's a fusebox for that.

Don't need to turn it off when you're finished showering, there's a
switch on the shower itself.

If I answer this, do you promise to **** off?

It's so somebody not in the shower can isolate it quickly before helping
the poor bugger who is being electrocuted.

I wonder why there is a requirement that the switch indicate whether it
is on or off even when there is no power, i.e. pull switches need a 0/1
indicator (or similar), not just a neon?

Never heard of that, I guess mine's older. It's just a pull cord with a neon. It'll be removed entirely when I refurbish the bathroom. It's just left on 24/7 anyway.

To answer your question I assume the safety conscious pussies that make the rules think you must be able to make sure it's off before you return power from the fusebox or a powercut. I had the same bull**** when some council workers were gardening near my house and dug through a gas main. When it was repaired and they turned it back on, they wanted to check all my gas appliances incase I had one with a faulty pilot light thermocouple. I told them to get lost.