Brasil II - How I don't want to end it all

Here is a shower in a charming modern bungalow in Brasil. A self-contained, 7kw electric unit fixed to lovely slate tiles:



Here is the electricity supply switch. I was told by the electrician, who came to fix the original DOA unit fitted at build time, "regue primeiro, então eletricidade!":



Err, OK.


We all had cold showers, and it's nothing to do with the Brazilians.

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