Date   : Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:59:26 +0000 (GMT)
From   : itonks@... (Ian Tonks)
Subject: Leccy @ Acorn World '09

That's not necessarily true if the pipework is still bonded to earth (I'm 
no sparky, but I believe this hasn't been acceptable for new installs for 
some time). Contact with live may well be enough to give you a packet before
the fuse blows (assuming the fuse does blow) even if only half the current
is going via the bathtub you're sat in.

I suppose there's a risk you might get a jolt from neutral too if that's
not bonded at the consumer unit.


Right that's about all I know about domestic electrics. A little knowledge
and all that ;)


----- Original Message ----
From: Jonathan Graham Harston <jgh@...>
To: bbc-micro@...
Sent: Friday, 11 September, 2009 22:12:09
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Leccy @ Acorn World '09

Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
> Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:
> > 'cos electricity and water don't mix!
> 
> Nope they don't because warter is generally a bad conductor, when pure.

It always gets me when I see the classic bathroom dangers cartoon
of a child in a bath with a radio/hairdryer/toaster precariously
balanced at the end. Surely, the easiest route for the electricity
to flow is back out along the neutral? Even if the occupant picks
up the said toaster, to get a shock you'd have to break it open and
touch both incoming and outgoing conductors and prevent the current
flowing through the internal wiring.

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