Only if they’re using a gfci breaker. Standard breakers trip at 7A+ which is plenty enough to kill you. In the US, this breaker is on the wall outlet, in the EU, this breaker is on the central panel.
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JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Eh so long as they don’t ground out then they’re fine, even if they make a ground connection then the breaker will trip long before enough juice hits that pool to seriously hurt them
jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 11 months ago
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 11 months ago
Sort of, with the important note that “grounding themselves” can very well be “getting out of the pool”. It’s theoretically fine as long as someone outside the pool disconnects the power before any of them try to get out, but I wouldn’t rely on it.
Relying on the GFCI wouldn’t be great, use the wrong hand to grab the ladder and you’re still sending a deadly amount of current through your heart. If you only have a breaker, you’ll probably be dead regardless. Where I live breakers will trip at about 16A (32 on sockets intended for high power electronics) which will definitely hurt a lot. Breakers and fuses are usually there to prevent fires, not to prevent electrocution!
areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 11 months ago
Bare in mind the nearest ground is also in the power strip. It probably wouldn’t go anywhere near the people. Since you also now have a short circuit it would probably trip the breaker depending on the conductivity of the water.
NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social 11 months ago
Yeah no thanks. I work in an electrical based industry and I can tell you for a fact that you don’t want 240v at 100 to 200 amps for even a second.
I yelled at a tech the other day for not wearing hot gloves when working on a set of taps in a MSP.
Kushan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t NEED to wear safety gloves because I’M Homer Simps
NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social 11 months ago
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I almost forgot about this scene. I should play this at our next safety meeting 🤣
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PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Where in the hell are you at that 200 amperage wall outlets are the norm?? In 99% of US homes outlets are 110v 15a which is enough to put you on your ass but certainly won’t kill you without prolong exposure or preexisting health factors
Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Almost as if places outside of the US exist. Like the EU where the voltage is 230 volts in homes.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Keyword being
I sure hope you guys are pushing that with 200 amps, too
areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 11 months ago
A human body wouldn’t conduct that much current with mains voltage. It’s just too high resistance.
Also pretty sure they mean breakers with GFCI. If they just mean regular circuit breakers then yeah they are fucked.
gingersneak@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lmao it will definitely conduct enough to stop your heart if you’re well grounded. In this case these morons are likely ok because they’re in an aboveground rubber pool. If they were in an in ground pool with a nice metal drain or copper pipes for the water supply, they would be conducting just dandy if they stood in the wrong place.
areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 11 months ago
Yeah you were talking about 100s of Amps. A human body won’t conduct that without a lot of voltage/potential difference. You don’t even need 1 amp to kill you though.
Yeah if there is exposed and grounded pipe work present that changes things somewhat. The lowest resistance path is probably still back through the same power strip the electric came from through, as water isn’t the best conductor out there.