Dont do this around the pool !
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Electrical Safety and pools
Dec 18, 2008
3 Replies
**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
"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
ermmm look closer, its a bbq.
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