I am sprucing up somebody’s house for sale and ran across this. A previous renovation in the bathroom resulted in the exhausr fan mounted in the lowered ceiling inside the bath tub enclosure, also used as a shower. They put in a fan with a light bulb in the middle, and no grill. I know this won’t meet the electical code, but the customer doesn’t want to spend a lot of money to move it (back to the middle of the bathroom where the fan used to be,where the ugly bad patch is), so would connecting it to a GFCI receptacle make this passable? Just a for the record, I think it has to move, but I opened my big mouth and said I would ask about it.
stemreno.
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Yes, GFI it.
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The NEC says that you can install anything, flush, over a shower or tub.
But no pendent lights or ceiling fans.
BUT it has to be installed per manufactures instructions. So the unit needs to be rated for a damp location.
And often the manufactures instructions requires GFCI protection when installed over a shower/tub.
But I don't know what you are talking about a grill.
It should have the manufactured supplied lense/fan cover.
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This is a standard ceiling fan, a square tin box, with a round opening a bit bigger than a par 50 lamp installed in it. I know of damp location devices, this is not. you could reach up while having a shower and put your fingers inside the housing.
A code violation that GFI protection will not fix. You need a wet location cover over that light, but I do not believe that you will find one for a fan/light fixture. Move it.
or replace it with one that meets code
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