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just make sure your charger is faaar away from the tube, please. (and thats also true for your phone charger :-)


Thanks for the warm thoughts :) (yes, I went there).

My phone charge lasts longer than 30 minutes. And it’s provably water resistant to tub depths.

I certainly don’t code in the tub. Strictly reading and discourse.


I'm curious what harm you think could come from that?



Got any from countries with electrical codes from this century? GFCI protection has been required by code in bathrooms basically everywhere for 50 years.


In the US, I regularly see bathrooms and kitchens without GFCI.

I looked up the history:

  1961 GFCI invented by a professor at UC Berkeley
  1971 Added to NEC code for outdoor outlets
  1981 … bathrooms
  1987 … kitchens
  2005 … laundry rooms and unfinished basements
  2014 … crawlspaces, around pools and hot tubs
Lots of bathrooms haven't been renovated (or at least not with permits) in the last 45 years, apparently!





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