Death Shower

[StandUpGuy]

Oh and I was going to have to figure out a way to protect the toilet paper from water in the shower anyway so the curtain will take care of that too.

Win win win

[eamarquardt]

Three pages of discussion on putting a light in a shower. I thought a TTT was supposed to be simple.

Cheers,

Gus

[StandUpGuy]

Three pages of discussion on putting a light in a shower. I thought a TTT was supposed to be simple.

Cheers,

Gus

Not simple at all. It is like building a small house. I very small concentrated house. Much more work than I thought it would be. Since I am on a tight budget I must labor over such tiny details to squeeze out every dime. The fixture I bought was 10 dollars has a pretty tight seal and is AC and is nice and bright. I know it is a lot of pages but for me it is important and I truly appreciate the advice here.

[eamarquardt]

Three pages of discussion on putting a light in a shower. I thought a TTT was supposed to be simple.

Cheers,

Gus

Not simple at all. It is like building a small house. I very small concentrated house. Much more work than I thought it would be. Since I am on a tight budget I must labor over such tiny details to squeeze out every dime. The fixture I bought was 10 dollars has a pretty tight seal and is AC and is nice and bright. I know it is a lot of pages but for me it is important and I truly appreciate the advice here.

And it's been said that I'm into pedantic discussion!

I sincely believe that you are ovethinking this

Starleen2 and I have disagreed in the past but we agree on this one.

Sometimes I take a step back and see how complicated I've made a simple task.

Cheers,

Gus

[glenpinpat]

my boat has submersable lights. We got them at a marine store. We use them bow fishing at night or running shoals. They run on 12 volt system and are very bright maybe too bright for a shower.

[droid_ca]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wquh397TeWw

would this work?

[Engineer Guy]

Given the 115 VAC constriction, I was thinking - some Forum pages ago - of a 12 VAC or 12 VDC Transformer/Power Supply for a $1 from 'Habitat For Humanity', or equivalent. 'Salvation Army' usually has a box of such goodies. I scrounge there a lot. Then, you've got an intrinsically-safe Voltage, and an easy run of skinny Wire on the 12 VAC/VDC side to snake through to the Shower.

Use anything from a new Backup Light from Auto Zone to a used Light off a wrecked Car from the Junkyard, and perhaps even gain a lil Retro 'cache', if a campy old Light was found and recycled.

[StandUpGuy]

You guys can keep discussing what I should do but I finished the light install yesterday.

[eamarquardt]

I kinda suspected you'd decided upon the solution before you asked the question.

Cheers,

Gus

[Engineer Guy]

Standard procedure for me, and many others, is to look at the problem/solution larger than any original Post and hash ideas around that Topic.

Several alternative solutions here were too obvious to merit much discussion: go low voltage on the cheap and be done with it w/o over-thinking it. Then, post a pic and some comments on the solution deployed IF it's not something already deployed in Commercial Trailers...

As usual, I got a few new Product and problem-solving ideas from the super folks here; the true benefit of this Thread.

[StandUpGuy]

I kinda suspected you'd decided upon the solution before you asked the question.

Cheers,

Gus

Awe don't be like that. I posed the question and it was clear I need to not have the fixture I had exposed to the spray of the shower. One member suggested a plexi barrier. So that was what I was going to run with. that was the idea I picked to use. Then as I was executing the installation I came to the revelation that I would like to cover the toilet during showering and the toilet paper as well so I switched from plexi barrier to a curtain. The effect is the same I am taking all the members concerns to heart and using some of the suggestions but of course not all. Again as I stated before I appreciate all the suggestions made, they have altered my approach. Thanks again.

[S. Heisley]

This kind of reminds me of that bunk bed thread that went on and on.

Standupguy, I'm glad you found your solution and are happy with it. You might want to put some sort of sealant around the edge of the light as water might splash or steam might condense and run down wall, even though there is a shower curtain protecting it. (You're probably way ahead of me on that. ...Just thinking of Murphy's Law.)

[StandUpGuy]

:lol: This kind of reminds me of that bunk bed thread that went on and on.

Standupguy, I'm glad you found your solution and are happy with it. You might want to put some sort of sealant around the edge of the light as water might splash or steam might condense and run down wall, even though there is a shower curtain protecting it. (You're probably way ahead of me on that. ...Just thinking of Murphy's Law.)

Yes I was planing on putting some silicone down as a bead and letting it dry a bit and then tight down as a gasket and then lay a bead over that. With that and the Plastic shower curtain I feel very good about it.

[Colemancooler]

http://www.offroadonly.com/images/LiteSPOTs-pic-web.jpg
sealed 12 Volt Led , very bright from what I have seen

[proformance]

Given the 115 VAC constriction, I was thinking - some Forum pages ago - of a 12 VAC or 12 VDC Transformer/Power Supply for a $1 from 'Habitat For Humanity', or equivalent. 'Salvation Army' usually has a box of such goodies. I scrounge there a lot. Then, you've got an intrinsically-safe Voltage, and an easy run of skinny Wire on the 12 VAC/VDC side to snake through to the Shower.

Use anything from a new Backup Light from Auto Zone to a used Light off a wrecked Car from the Junkyard, and perhaps even gain a lil Retro 'cache', if a campy old Light was found and recycled.

Engineerguy is correct,

You need to ditch the 110vAc, and go with 12V DC or AC. If you use 12vDC, there are quite a few 12V LED lights available for marine and other automotive applications. Plus there is the option for outdoor garden lights (Malibu type) that are sealed. I would never recommend using 110vAc in a wet environment unless it was IP65 or better. 110vAc can kill you if there is the slightest intrusion of water into the light. And, you need to stay away from the metal base lights and use brass base lights to avoid corrosion problems associated with metal base in a wet environment.