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.

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.

On 11/10/2018 10:35 AM, 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 smell JWS has nym shifted again.

On 10/11/2018 15:44, Frank wrote:
On 11/10/2018 10:35 AM, 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 smell JWS has nym shifted again.


Indeed, he has. And, as you can see from the post he made at the same
time as you, answering one inane question just gives him scope to ask a
lot of even sillier ones.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:49:06 -0000, GB wrote:

On 10/11/2018 15:44, Frank wrote:
On 11/10/2018 10:35 AM, 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 smell JWS has nym shifted again.

Indeed, he has. And, as you can see from the post he made at the same
time as you, answering one inane question just gives him scope to ask a
lot of even sillier ones.

No, I just want the answer to my original question. If the answer isn't sensible, I'll respond in a discussion. Welcome to newsgroups, you'll get used to the idea one day.

On 10/11/2018 15:49, GB wrote:
On 10/11/2018 15:44, Frank wrote:
On 11/10/2018 10:35 AM, GB wrote:

snip

I smell JWS has nym shifted again.


Indeed, he has. And, as you can see from the post he made at the same
time as you, answering one inane question just gives him scope to ask a
lot of even sillier ones.

Well, as you were first to bite...

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 16:19:40 -0000, Richard wrote:

On 10/11/2018 15:49, GB wrote:
On 10/11/2018 15:44, Frank wrote:
On 11/10/2018 10:35 AM, GB wrote:

snip

I smell JWS has nym shifted again.


Indeed, he has. And, as you can see from the post he made at the same
time as you, answering one inane question just gives him scope to ask a
lot of even sillier ones.

Well, as you were first to bite...

The only stupid people here are those that can't killfile. Instead they like to moan and groan.

On 10/11/2018 16:19, Richard wrote:
On 10/11/2018 15:49, GB wrote:
On 10/11/2018 15:44, Frank wrote:
On 11/10/2018 10:35 AM, GB wrote:

snip

I smell JWS has nym shifted again.


Indeed, he has. And, as you can see from the post he made at the same
time as you, answering one inane question just gives him scope to ask
a lot of even sillier ones.

Well, as you were first to bite...


It was a teasing question that the pillock asked.


TBH I have never used my shower pull switch other than to swap the
shower and I installed the first shower in 1999.



--
Adam

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:44:38 -0000, Frank "frank wrote:

On 11/10/2018 10:35 AM, 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 smell JWS has nym shifted again.

It is a sensible question, do you not know the answer?

On 11/10/2018 10:52 AM, Steven Watkins wrote:
On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:44:38 -0000, Frank "frank wrote:

On 11/10/2018 10:35 AM, 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 smell JWS has nym shifted again.

It is a sensible question, do you not know the answer?

Interesting to you, but stupid to ng.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 16:04:02 -0000, Frank "frank wrote:

On 11/10/2018 10:52 AM, Steven Watkins wrote:
On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:44:38 -0000, Frank "frank wrote:

On 11/10/2018 10:35 AM, 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 smell JWS has nym shifted again.

It is a sensible question, do you not know the answer?

Interesting to you, but stupid to ng.

Only if you're a bunch of dimwitted electricians that just follow the regulations without understanding them.

Steven Watkins wrote:
On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:44:38 -0000, Frank "frank wrote:

On 11/10/2018 10:35 AM, 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 smell JWS has nym shifted again.

It is a sensible question, do you not know the answer?

Go **** yourself Hucker, because you can't a **** anyway else.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 16:06:52 -0000, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:

Steven Watkins wrote:
On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:44:38 -0000, Frank "frank wrote:

On 11/10/2018 10:35 AM, 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 smell JWS has nym shifted again.

It is a sensible question, do you not know the answer?

Go **** yourself Hucker, because you can't a **** anyway else.

I was asking someone with intelligence, not somebody who drove taxis and hung extinguishers on walls.

It is a sensible question, do you not know the answer?


All permanantly wired devices need a point of local isolation.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 18:43:54 -0000, DerbyBorn wrote:




It is a sensible question, do you not know the answer?


All permanantly wired devices need a point of local isolation.

I know they're meant to, but I've still not seen a sensible reason why. They can be isolated in the fusebox if you need to work on them. They can be switched off in normal operation by the controls on the unit.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 18:43:54 GMT, DerbyBorn, another braindamaged,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered:


All permanantly wired devices need a point of local isolation.

HE only needs some senile idiots to suck him off, time and again! Is true,
senile idiot!

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.

And how many times has this ever actually happened?

And why are we therefore not forbidden to have showers when nobody else is home?

And why can't they make showers which are guaranteed not to electrocute you?

And why can't the other person just switch the shower off on its own switch?

?


I don't trust the contact gap on a microswitch.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:46:34 -0000, DerbyBorn wrote:

?


I don't trust the contact gap on a microswitch.

Trust it to do what? When it's switched off, you're not in the shower. When you're working inside the shower, you've turned it off in the fusebox.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:46:34 GMT, DerbyBorn, another braindamaged,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered:


I don't trust the contact gap on a microswitch.

Trust those that keep telling you that you are feeding a troll,
troll-feeding moron!

"Steven Watkins" wrote in message
news
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.

And how many times has this ever actually happened?

Irrelevant.

And why are we therefore not forbidden to have showers when nobody else is
home?

Because that's not practical.

And why can't they make showers which are guaranteed not to electrocute
you?

They do.

And why can't the other person just switch the shower off on its own
switch?

Because, if the person in the shower has just
got electrocuted, they would be too, stupid.

On Sun, 11 Nov 2018 05:06:25 +1100, cantankerous trolling senile geezer Rot
Speed blabbered, again:


And how many times has this ever actually happened?

Irrelevant.

And why are we therefore not forbidden to have showers when nobody else is
home?

Because that's not practical.

And why can't they make showers which are guaranteed not to electrocute
you?

They do.

And why can't the other person just switch the shower off on its own
switch?

Because, if the person in the shower has just
got electrocuted, they would be too, stupid.

And why can't he ask questions retarded enough that YOU senile idiot won't
answer them, senile idiot? G

--
Bill Wright to Rot Speed:
"That confirms my opinion that you are a despicable little ****."
MID:

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:44:46 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
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.

And how many times has this ever actually happened?

And why are we therefore not forbidden to have showers when nobody else is home?

And why can't they make showers which are guaranteed not to electrocute you?

Most of the world does not use elrctric point of use heater
"widowmaker" showers.

And why can't the other person just switch the shower off on its own switch?

"Clare Snyder" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:44:46 -0000, "Steven Watkins"
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.

And how many times has this ever actually happened?

And why are we therefore not forbidden to have showers when nobody else is
home?

And why can't they make showers which are guaranteed not to electrocute
you?

Most of the world does not use elrctric point of use heater
"widowmaker" showers.

Most do allow what are usually called instant electrical hot
water heaters on showers as an alternative to stored hot water
that is heated electrically.

Widowmakers are a different thing entirely with
an electrical element in the shower head itself,
with the electrical connections to the element
actually in the water. Those are in fact allowed
in quite a bit of europe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjA0aee07k

And why can't the other person just switch the shower off on its own
switch?

On 11/10/18 6:09 PM, Aaron wrote:
Widowmakers are a different thing entirely with
an electrical element in the shower head itself,
with the electrical connections to the element
actually in the water. Those are in fact allowed
in quite a bit of europe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjA0aee07k

Christmas is coming up.Â* I might get one of these for the mother-in-law.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 17:11:37 -0500, Clare Snyder, another obviously brain
damaged, troll-feeding senile idiot, blathered:

And how many times has this ever actually happened?

And why are we therefore not forbidden to have showers when nobody else is home?

And why can't they make showers which are guaranteed not to electrocute you?

Most of the world does not use elrctric point of use heater

Most of the world doesn't fall for the Scottish attention whore's idiotic
baits either, troll-feeding senile idiot!

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.

You have just fed a very well known troll.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:57:14 -0000, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:

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.

You have just fed a very well known troll.

For god's sake buy a killfile.

Or scolded.
Brian

--
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Note this Signature is meaningless.!
"GB" wrote in message
news
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.

And being scolded prevents you just getting out does it?

Anyway, showers are designed with overheat protection. Mine is quite annoying and cuts the power long before it's anything like painful. Or just because the pressure drops slightly in the mains, it panics and cuts out. And doesn't modern society believe that the cold can kill you just as easily?


On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 18:12:49 -0000, Brian Gaff wrote:

Or scolded.
Brian

Steven Watkins wrote
Brian Gaff wrote

Or scolded.

And being scolded prevents you just getting out does it?

Depends on who is doing the scolding.

Anyway, showers are designed with overheat protection. Mine is quite
annoying and cuts the power long before it's anything like painful. Or
just because the pressure drops slightly in the mains, it panics and cuts
out.

So you bought/stole/inherited a dud, as always.

And doesn't modern society believe that the cold can kill you just as
easily?

Nope, cold showers cant.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 18:59:49 -0000, Rod Speed wrote:

Steven Watkins wrote
Brian Gaff wrote

Or scolded.

And being scolded prevents you just getting out does it?

Depends on who is doing the scolding.

Well if it's deliberate, nobody is going to get to the isolation switch.

Anyway, showers are designed with overheat protection. Mine is quite
annoying and cuts the power long before it's anything like painful. Or
just because the pressure drops slightly in the mains, it panics and cuts
out.

So you bought/stole/inherited a dud, as always.

It was fitted over 18 years ago before I bought the house. I've got a new one when I get round to fitting it, as this one has started dropping pressure, the valve doesn't always open properly, and I can't obtain a replacement valve to fit it.

And doesn't modern society believe that the cold can kill you just as
easily?

Nope, cold showers cant.

They do if you believe the bull**** everybody spouts. I've heard of people allegedly dying because they fell asleep in a warm bath which became room temperature.

On Sun, 11 Nov 2018 05:59:49 +1100, cantankerous trolling senile geezer Rot
Speed blabbered, again:


And doesn't modern society believe that the cold can kill you just as
easily?

Nope, cold showers cant.

And the Scottish attention whore keeps asking retarded questions ...and the
senile Ozzie troll keeps answering them ALL! What a bunch of freaking
idiots! LMAO!

--
Senile Rot about himself:
"I was involved in the design of a computer OS"
MID:

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
news
Or scolded.

Not nice to scold someone who has just been electrocuted in the shower,
you should be scolding the one who perpetrated that abortion.

"GB" wrote in message
news
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.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 20:45:49 -0000, Rod Speed wrote:



"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
news
Or scolded.

Not nice to scold someone who has just been electrocuted in the shower,
you should be scolding the one who perpetrated that abortion.

Spanking someone when they're all wet is more fun.

"GB" wrote in message
news
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.

"Steven Watkins" wrote in message
news
On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 20:45:49 -0000, Rod Speed
wrote:



"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
news
Or scolded.

Not nice to scold someone who has just been electrocuted in the shower,
you should be scolding the one who perpetrated that abortion.

Spanking someone when they're all wet is more fun.

Spanking isnt scolding, stupid.

"GB" wrote in message
news 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.

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?

--
Max Demian

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.

On 10/11/2018 19:17, 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?



The neon is optional in uk regs.





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Adam

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 20:44:13 -0000, ARW wrote:

On 10/11/2018 19:17, 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?

The neon is optional in uk regs.

Daft, as it's easier to see. I saw one with a silly plastic 0 and 1 indicator once, and I assumed it was just cheap ****.