> Certainly at one time (and I suspect it is still the case, but I > haven't checked) the only socket outlet that could be installed in a > bathroom ('room containing a fixed bath or shower') was a > transformer-isolated shaver socket.
Those existed west of the Pond too, back in the day. They might even still be code, for all I know, but I can't recall the last time I actually saw one; such sockets seem to be all GFI these days. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B