Electrical Safety and pools

[kreed]

Dont do this around the pool !

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[Trevor Wilson]

"kreed" <kenreed1999@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Dont do this around the pool !

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**That's an old one. It has been analysed and decided that the situation is
probably not life-threatening. Stupid and POSSIBLY dangerous, but unlikely
to be deadly. If an ELCB has been fitted to the home, then it would be a
non-event.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

 

[Phil Allison]

"Trevor Wilson"
"kreed"

Dont do this around the pool !

http://commendatori.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/stupidity.png

**That's an old one. It has been analysed and decided that the situation
is probably not life-threatening. Stupid and POSSIBLY dangerous, but
unlikely to be deadly.

** Really - who analysed it ???

I can immediately see two scenarios where a fatal shock can be delivered.


#1: An acidic drink is spilt all over the phone/fax and someone standing in
the pool tries to wipe it off with a wet cloth. Depending on just where the
drink goes inside the unit, the spill it may become live and pass enough
current to kill.


# 2. The phone fax is pulled into the pool by someone tripping on the AC
lead - then someone standing on the wet ground just outside the pool tries
to lift it out of the water and places their hand near the AC inlet.



...... Phil

 

[MisterE]

#1: An acidic drink is spilt all over the phone/fax a

ermmm look closer, its a bbq.