We used to have the two pin razor one but my dad removed it. I notice there are electrical outlets in most US bathrooms but I’ve rarely seen them here.
Nope. Not even the razor one. I’ve never seen one in England and thought that, apart from the razor socket, it was banned.
You can only have one if it has an isolating transformer in it, which is only suitable for brief low-current applications like shavers. It’s against the Wiring Regulations to fit any other kind.
I never actually use it, anyway.
No, although my childhood home had no less than two of the razor ones.
Just a razor one that never gets used.
Nope none here.
Building Regulations in the UK have been very strict about electrics in bathrooms, hence the prevalence of special shaver sockets and pull-cords rather than light switches, but it is now allowed to have conventional electrical outlets if they’re far enough away from baths, showers etc. (so you need a pretty big bathroom).
Not in my house. Pull cord for the light too.
Razor socket, pull-cord light.
No socket, pull cord for lights too.
Our light switches are in the hall outside. I wasn’t aware of the regulations, but must be the same in Ireland.
2x Razor socket 115v/240v, light switch is outside.
No socket in bathroom, light switch is in the hallway outside.
None here.
Nope, none. In fact I was pretty shocked when I had a new bathroom installed in a house in Italy to see conventional light switches, sockets, the works!
My bathroom light switch is outside the bathroom
Pull cord, razor socket. Inspecting the above-the-mirror light fitting in the loo at work - it has a pull cord so I wondered if had an accompanying socket - yup, it has a little slidey cover for a razor socket. I wonder if the one in the ladies is the same?
Plugging the hair drier in?
No conventional sockets, two (I think) razor sockets.
If safety is the concern, why not just use GFCIs? I can’t imagine a US bathroom without sockets, switches, all on GFCI.
We do not use GFCI, we have something simlar, the Residual Current Device - RCD.
Principle of operation is very similar, however due to our permanet earth system, it is easier to implement.
Under our wiring regualtions, this would be classed as a Special Location - somewhere that presents higher than normal risk to the user from electricity.
Note, even with a RCD you would still get a nibble from 240 Volts before it tripped.
But you have electricity right inside the shower!
I was surprised when I visited London to find that the little box that adjusts water temperature in the shower uses electricity. Do I misunderstand how that thing works?