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In the US, you can have electric receptacles in bathrooms. In fact, code requires it. You can plug in 120V electronics and appliances no big deal. In the UK,
by tomohawk 3y ago
In the US, you can have electric receptacles in bathrooms. In fact, code requires it. You can plug in 120V electronics and appliances no big deal.
In the UK, this is not allowed because 240V is not a good idea in bathrooms.
- kypro 3y agoMost bathrooms in UK hotels will have two pin 115v & 230v outlets for shavers. You can get them installed in homes too I believe, but most residential properties don't have them. They really are just for shavers though. You can't run anything high power without blowing the fuse. I believe Americans often use hairdryers in bathrooms. We definitely can't do that. That said, we do have electric showers in UK bathrooms but legally those need to have a kill switch installed.
- tzs 3y agoBut it is allowed in most of the rest of Europe. I believe they do require those to have GFCI (as does the US since 1975). Does the UK disallow them even with GFCI?