In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 11 Nov 2018 14:59:31 +1100, "Rod Speed"
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"micky" wrote in message
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In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 10 Nov 2018 22:23:55 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
wrote:

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 22:10:19 -0000, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:35:38 +0000, 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.

Sounds like a "widowmaker"shower in some backwater. Those things are
illegal for good reason in most "civilized" or "developed" countries,
as well as in the USA.

It's illegal to have an electric shower in the USA? I doubt it.

What is an electric shower?

It heats the water. Probably not practical there given the 115V
system you lot have. You need a pretty powerful heater to heat
it quickly enough so the hot water is hot enough. Easier to do
storage heaters instead.

In our home built about 1952, we had a light in the shower stall,
but it was in the ceiling. It didn't seem dangerous. The switch
was outside, unreachable if you were inside the shower.

Are those still legal in the US?

Yes as long as the bulb is high enough and doesn't get wet.

But what is an electric shower? Like an electric storm?

Nothing like and not really feasible on a 115V system.

Fair enough. Thanx