On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 20:20 +0100, Dario Greggio wrote:
> > It certainly isn't code in all of Europe, in Austria an outlet in the
> > bathroom is normal fair. Of the ones I've seen, they don't have a GFCI
> > per circuit, but they do have a "whole house" GFCI that covers every
> > outlet inside and outside the house.
> 
> In Italy, recently (<15 years) there's the use to split Mains into 2-3 
> or more zones, each one with a Breaker. Say: bedroom, bathroom and 
> kitchen, else, and so on.

Really? Funny how some parts of the world do things in the exact
opposite way!

In Austria, at least 30 years ago, the "whole house" GFCI was standard.

In north america there was nothing. Then North America started mandating
GFCIs in certain locations (the american's mandate it now in the
kitchen, outside outlets and bathrooms (perhaps more), Canadians follow
except for the kitchens). Now north american's are adding AFCI's to
bedroom circuits.

In the mean time, you guys are going from the whole house thing to
seperate GFCIs? :) And poor people in the UK have no real outlet in the
bathrooms! Crazy, crazy world. :)

This reminds me of that thread we had a while ago discussing how some
people would interpret a red button, while others would interpret it the
complete opposite way.

TTYL

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