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What's the difference?

There is not a lot of difference except, the quality of the build, the surface area of the ground, the material of the grounding section.

I'm surprised at the method.

Mikek

how about this one:

-Lasse

Well, with the first one I think Underwriters Labs would have a heart attack. Second one not so much. But these things should not be plastic. Send the water through a solidly grounded copper pipe I say.

LOL.

I have a photo somewhere of a box installed inside a shower at some place in Asia where I stayed. It had electricity (for the control), high voltage (to ignite the gas) and natural gas. So many ways to die.

Plus it was festooned with all kind of warnings that I couldn't read. Terrifying, but terrifying enough to keep me out of the shower.

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I'm sure all TV watchers have seen commercials for the Willow Curve. I bet you didn't know it was $599!

I bet you didn't know it could do this,

"Because the Willow Curve is a smart computer, at the beginning of each treatment it assesses the condition of your joint"

Or this "delivers a targeted, customized ?digital prescription? based on the assessment."

You might have figured out it puts out heat and light.

"Photonic and thermal kinetic energies are emitted and absorbed through the skin, triggering a series of helpful responses in the body."

How long before a class action suit?

Mikek

Actually the question is whether the FTC or the FDA will jump all over them first. Either for unsupported medical claims or selling a medical device without testing and licensing.

Jon

Not long. Actually the guys behind this have heads as empty as whistles -- inviting stiff jail terms to themselves. Far, far clever was a guy in Corpus Christi, Tx, who advertised for solar clothes dryer($50.00 per piece), and when any customer asked for one, sent a stiff

4 meter length of nylon rope with metal hooks at the ends. The cops got for cheating, but for endangering life/limb.

That thing is harmless. Any place with such a device has no electricity anyways.

LOL.

I guess so, no electric no electrical codes.

When I think of the shit we gotta do here to put power anywhere near water. .. Actually recently I found out that local codes here are alot stricter th an the NEC, but even the NEC would require a GFI on such a thing. Hell, the hair driers and curling irons here have built in GFIs.

All the electric safety rules I've seen do seem reasonble in that they add a physical layer of safety. I don't intend to ever get electrocuted in a bathroom, and like it that way.

I noticed the in-line GFCI junk appearing all over the place for devices, down to the office water cooler. The new coffee machine doesn't have one though, but the outlet by the sinks do. It does have copper tubing back to a real copper water line, but you never know if that stuff is really grounded or not. There may be a dielectric fitting somewhere.

Anybody know if GFCI breakers can trip other GFCI breakers? You're not supposed to stack them up, but it's just inevitable now.