Light Switch To Close To Shower Door

Mike master electrician replied 10 years ago to answer your original question there is no minimum distance requirement in regards xxxxx xxxxx switch location as it relates to the shower.

Light switch to close to shower door.

You know the scene. Originally it had the tub then the whole bathroom was tiled and a shower added to the tub. Builders do stupid things sometimes. It was pretty safe though the shower was on one end and the switch on the other.

I have a similar situation in my own 45 year old house. It is best to locate the bathroom light switch just inside the entry door to the bathroom. You wouldn t be able to reach the light switch from the shower door. One with the light switch outside the door.

The light switch would be about 2 from the glass wall. The shower has a glass door and also has a light that is rated for the shower and controlled by one of the switches. Never got real wet. Now the switch was in with the shower.

A switch or circuit breaker located in a wet location or outside of a building shall be enclosed in a weatherproof enclosure or cabinet. We ve all been there. Ie manufactured watertight water resistant specifically for the installed unit. The fan light is approx.

Would this considered to be to code. I simply placed the bathroom circuit including the switches on a breaker gfci. The walls in the house are now all drywalled and painted. Fumbling around in the dark you realize it s one of those bathrooms.

The nec does not indicate that a switch. If the bathroom light switch were located outside of the bathroom say in a hallway then someone may be using the bathroom and another unknowing person outside may turn off the bathroom light switch and leave the bathroom occupant in the dark and we don t want that to happen for a whole host of reasons but most of all for the sake of safety. I know its not the best solution but it s a lot easier than moving an electrical switch. Switches shall not be installed within wet locations in tub or shower spaces unless installed as part of a listed tub or shower assembly.

I have a light switch and a bathroom vent fan switch right next to a shower. The only thing that comes to mind is moisture from the shower but like i said whether its 2 inches or 2 feet i doubt it would necessarily receive more moisture. You rush to the nearest bathroom close the door behind you and find yourself unable to locate the light switch. It seems that the switches need to be more like 3 feet away even though because of the glass door there is no way you could reach the switches from inside the shower.

The house we moved into 6 yrs ago built in the 1950 s had the switch in the tub shower. 30 from the shower end wall where the shower head is.