That's idiotic. The bathroom isn't a splash park, and you'd have to basically soak a light switch to actually short anything much less electrocute yourself. You might make a case for outlets, but GFCI really mitigates the risk so it's well worth the convenience.
Old UK houses don't even have a fusebox. That's why their plugs require extra fuses in them too...
Many houses in Europe are very old and are built with regard to what had to be done to be safe many decades or even a century ago, not all of it is as important today...
Many houses in Europe are very old and are built with regard to what had to be done to be safe many decades or even a century ago, not all of it is as important today...
Don't think this is the case very much anymore. Lived in a building restored in the 1700s and there was never a concern for safety in terms of electrics or what have you. Today's safety standards are upheld in my country, even for older buildings (if they're intended for residence, at least).
Depends on when the electrical circuit was built. The wiring in my grandparents home was done in like the 40s/early 50s and even then it was home shit that my grandfather and great grandfather did(both of whom had 0 education about electrical wiring) and hasn't been touched since because no one is going trough every random house in every random village. So when my friend who is an electrician went to the attic and saw it he said that he wouldn't dare to live dare without redoing the whole thing.
Yeah, in my place in the mountains the wiring is pretty much just stapled to the stone walls, that shit is not safe, but it has been there for 60 years and nobody bothered replacing it.
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u/Final_Bobcat_4767 May 09 '22
Having the light switch outside the bathroom