There is a mirror at the right hand side. The outlet make sense there. It also looks like it is well protected from water when the cover is closed. I can't say I'm really bothered by having the hot water cylinder connected to a socket outlet of this type. But a dedicated outlet higher up on the wall would have been far better. If mounted like in the picture, people will be tempted to unplug the cylinder and use the socket for other purposes and forget to close the cover.
The trouble only started when someone came up with this idea of putting a shower head next to the outlet!
What were they thinking?
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The cord is going to get wet every day. Not just a little wet - it'll be showered! And people will touch it just as often, directly or with the shower hose. Mechanical damage, anyone?
Combined with people unpluging/pluging in the plug, this setup is bound to become dangerous with time.
[This message has been edited by C-H (edited 05-10-2005).]
