My view on the electrical work in some overseas hotels

Booked a room in an old inn in Ireland and the bathroom had a light switch right next to the shower. Not even a GFCI in sight. That's not character, that's a code violation waiting to happen. I think we should call out these hazards more often.

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jakewhite17d ago

See where you're coming from, but I gotta disagree. Different countries build things different ways, and their electrical codes aren't the same as ours. What looks like a hazard to us is just normal wiring over there. Traveled a bit and you see stuff that would never fly back home, but it's been working for them for decades. People there know how to use it safely. Calling it a code violation assumes our rules are the only right way, and that's just not true. Sometimes you just have to go with the local way of doing things.

rowan66616d ago

Saw the same exposed wiring in Mumbai and it totally changed my view.

singh.cole7d ago

Yeah but my buddy Mark went to Delhi for work and his hotel had that kind of wiring in the bathroom, right by the shower. He said it sparked and popped one morning when the AC kicked on, totally fried the outlet. The staff just shrugged and taped over it. It's not about codes being different, it's about basic physics. Water and power don't mix, no matter what country you're in. Seeing that happen to someone you know makes it real.