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Why Bathroom Outlet Is Dead When I Turn Off the Light? Jay Chan 10-26-2007
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Posted by Jay Chan on October 26, 2007, 12:51 pm
When I turn off the light in my bathroom, the GFCI outlet inside the
bathroom will also go dead. This is quite inconvenient because I need
to use that outlet to recharge an electric razor, and two electric
powered tooth brushes. Now, I must leave them outside the bathroom in
order to have them recharged.

The strange thing is that I see the same situation in another bathroom
in my house. I have also see the same thing in my brother-in-law
apartment -- the power of the whole bathroom is off as soon as I turn
off the light.

Why is that? What's the reasoning behind this?

Thanks.

Jay Chan


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Posted by Bob F on October 26, 2007, 1:01 pm

> When I turn off the light in my bathroom, the GFCI outlet inside the
> bathroom will also go dead. This is quite inconvenient because I need
> to use that outlet to recharge an electric razor, and two electric
> powered tooth brushes. Now, I must leave them outside the bathroom in
> order to have them recharged.
>
> The strange thing is that I see the same situation in another bathroom
> in my house. I have also see the same thing in my brother-in-law
> apartment -- the power of the whole bathroom is off as soon as I turn
> off the light.
>
> Why is that? What's the reasoning behind this?

Someone wanted to make sure that curling irons weren't left on to burn the house
down?

If you are lucky, you might be able to re-wire it at the switch to solve the
problem, although I believe the lights are supposed to be on a seperate circuit
from the outlets.

Bob



Posted by Jay Chan on October 26, 2007, 1:57 pm
>
>
> > When I turn off the light in my bathroom, the GFCI outlet inside the
> > bathroom will also go dead. This is quite inconvenient because I need
> > to use that outlet to recharge an electric razor, and two electric
> > powered tooth brushes. Now, I must leave them outside the bathroom in
> > order to have them recharged.
>
> > The strange thing is that I see the same situation in another bathroom
> > in my house. I have also see the same thing in my brother-in-law
> > apartment -- the power of the whole bathroom is off as soon as I turn
> > off the light.
>
> > Why is that? What's the reasoning behind this?
>
> Someone wanted to make sure that curling irons weren't left on to burn the
house
> down?
>
> If you are lucky, you might be able to re-wire it at the switch to solve the
> problem, although I believe the lights are supposed to be on a seperate circuit
> from the outlets.
>
> Bob

My bathroom is too small for doing any ironing. That doesn't seem to
be the reason of wiring the bathroom in that way. Moreover, the house
would be burnt down anyway regardless I left the iron inside the
bathroom or outside the bathroom.

I likely will re-wire the switch to fix this annoying problem when I
need to re-paint the bathroom. Unfortunately, the light and the
outlet will have to be in the same circuit because this is not that
easy to pull new wires in the old house. Thanks for the confirmation.

Jay Chan


Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on October 26, 2007, 2:07 pm
>>
>>
>> > When I turn off the light in my bathroom, the GFCI outlet inside the
>> > bathroom will also go dead. This is quite inconvenient because I need
>> > to use that outlet to recharge an electric razor, and two electric
>> > powered tooth brushes. Now, I must leave them outside the bathroom in
>> > order to have them recharged.
>>
>> > The strange thing is that I see the same situation in another bathroom
>> > in my house. I have also see the same thing in my brother-in-law
>> > apartment -- the power of the whole bathroom is off as soon as I turn
>> > off the light.
>>
>> > Why is that? What's the reasoning behind this?
>>
>> Someone wanted to make sure that curling irons weren't left on to burn
>> the house
>> down?
>>
>> If you are lucky, you might be able to re-wire it at the switch to solve
>> the
>> problem, although I believe the lights are supposed to be on a seperate
>> circuit
>> from the outlets.
>>
>> Bob
>
> My bathroom is too small for doing any ironing.

He said "curling iron". If there were forgetful females living there before,
Bob's reasoning is perfectly sound.



Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on October 26, 2007, 1:01 pm
> When I turn off the light in my bathroom, the GFCI outlet inside the
> bathroom will also go dead. This is quite inconvenient because I need
> to use that outlet to recharge an electric razor, and two electric
> powered tooth brushes. Now, I must leave them outside the bathroom in
> order to have them recharged.
>
> The strange thing is that I see the same situation in another bathroom
> in my house. I have also see the same thing in my brother-in-law
> apartment -- the power of the whole bathroom is off as soon as I turn
> off the light.
>
> Why is that? What's the reasoning behind this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jay Chan
>

Not much reasoning, in my opinion. But, it's probably not a big deal to
rewire things so they work the way you want them to.



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