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Maybe you should change your diet...

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[#1] Posted: 05/21/2012 - 12:32:27 AM
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...if using the wall switch by the door is just too far away.

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Why it needed to be at pee-splash height I don't know, but at least it was protected by the room's GFCI.

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[#2] Posted: 05/21/2012 - 06:35:39 AM
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If you ponder the path of a ground fault current that could result, from switch to earth.....eeeeyoowwww!

The GFCI wouldn't eliminate the shock, just reduce it to a low value and cut it short to a fraction of a second.

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[#3] Posted: 05/21/2012 - 07:21:48 AM
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I'd recommend a motion detector on that switch for hands free operation.

At least it's on the left - eat with the right, wipe with the left, eh?

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