30 Apr
2012
30 Apr
'12
3:47 p.m.
On Mon, 30 Apr 2012, Tony Duell wrote:
What hewaters are nearly always hardwired over here
too
WHAT is hardwired?
Now, a shower heater is an instantaneous water heater
used to heat the
water for a shower bath. They would almost always be hard wired, the
regualtions prohibit any socket outlets in a 'room containing a fixed
bath or shower'.
Is a "fixed" bath or shower one that has been repaired?
Or, as with a "fixed disk", using the veterinary meaning?
Here, some areas require that new construction have a GFCI in kitchen and
bath. But non-GFCI, and even ungrounded, outlets abound, and
ABSOLUTELY EVERY bathroom has outlets.
However, to protect the citizenry, hair dryers carry a warning label to
not use them in the water.
(Our "nanny state" is into "warning labels". You can buy a roll of
duct
tape, and it may have a warning to wear safety goggles; automotive
cruise control warns to continue to steer, . . . .) And yet, if you
think about it, every single warning label probably arises from a
specific incident. Some of which are difficult to comprehend - wouldn't
it be a bit FUTILE to try to dry your hair underwater?
> call them something other than stoves -
`hotplate' is the word that
> comes to mind, though IMO that usage is a bit of a misnomer.
Here, a "hotplate' tends to mean a casually portable stove burner, such as
what one might smuggle in to use in a dorm room.
Several peoples divided by a common language.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com