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Letter: Power shower

Published 7 December 2002

From Jane Gregory

Feedback is amused by the instructions for a hairdryer stating “Warning – this appliance must not be taken into a bathroom (not applicable in Australia)” (23 November). Australians have electric sockets in their bathrooms so that they can blow-dry their hair using the mirror over the sink. They also have standard light switches in the bathroom instead of pull-cords, and I have seen a two-bar electric fire switched on in a Melbourne bathroom next to the bath. All most alarming.

Pangbourne, Berkshire, UK

Issue no. 2372 published 7 December 2002

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