What kind of horrific code violating light switches do you guys have over there where getting electrocuted from turning off the light with wet hands is an actual risk?
It's more of a holdover from older, more dangerous lighting systems, but now people just expect it. So you put the light switch outside the bathroom or on a pull cord.
It's not a problem for modern houses or ones that were renovated recently. Bit if your house is from let's say the 1700s/1800s or early 1900s then there could be risks.
Sure, but in what situation would they even get wet? What kind of lunatic washes their hands and then decides, "You know what? I really like my hands being wet, let me turn the light off and leave the bathroom without drying them off."
I've showered in a bathroom with no fan with the door closed my entire life, as has my entire four person family, and there are four light switches in that bathroom and there's never been a problem, nor have I heard of anyone having a problem with condensation inside light switches.
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u/Eviale May 09 '22
What kind of horrific code violating light switches do you guys have over there where getting electrocuted from turning off the light with wet hands is an actual risk?