Electrical Safety and pools

Dont do this around the pool !

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kreed
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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.
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Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
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Trevor Wilson

"Trevor Wilson" "kreed"

** 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

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Phil Allison

ermmm look closer, its a bbq.

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MisterE

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