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Posted on 03/20/2017 11:59:13 AM PDT by Swordmaker
A coroner is to warn Apple that iPhone chargers can be potentially lethal after a man was electrocuted in the bath.
Richard Bull from Ealing in west London was pronounced dead by paramedics in his home on December 11.
The 32-year-old was found by his wife Tanya, who thought her husband had been attacked because his burns were so severe.
At an inquest into his death the coroner issued a warning about using the 'innocuous devices' which can be 'as dangerous as a hairdryer in a bathroom.' Recording a verdict of accidental death, Dr Sean Cummings said: 'These seem like innocuous devices but can be as dangerous as a hairdryer in a bathroom. 'They should attach warnings. I intend to write a report later to the makers of the phone.'
Mr Bull was getting ready to go out meet family members to exchange Christmas presents when the tragedy happened.
His mother Carole said: 'I have worried that so many people and especially teenagers, that can't be separated from their phones, don't know how dangerous it is.'
PC Craig Pattison told the inquest at West London Coroner's Court how he found the extension lead running from the hallway outside into the bathroom.' 'We found an iPhone plugged into the extension cable and then the charger element in the bath,' he explained
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I think it was back in high school the science teacher talked about someone getting electrocuted by hitting the light switch with wet hands. Enough dirt and dust and lint, high humidity was enough to get the electrons to the plastic switch - and then wet hands...
I always make sure my hands are dry to this day!
“This dolt could just as well of had a electric heater on his chest for all he cared about safety.”
Reminds me of the electric heater in the bath tub scene in “Goldfinger.”
Darwin is a real Bass tard sometimes...
“Of course this was England, so they don’t understand English like we dd.”
Just try an Indian at a computer help desk.
Even though the voltage is DC you can easily bypass the safety features by immersing it in water.
A coroner is to warn Apple that iPhone chargers can be potentially lethal
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Wait ... what? Doofus plugs it in and rests it on his chest in the tub and the coroner wants to warn Apple that their plug may be potentially lethal? Any idiot knows not to use electricity in water. Good grief.
RIM-SHOT!
Burn patterns would likely be different if the wife tossed the phone in
Reminds me of the legal warning for my car back up camera. The darn thing take 20 seconds to boot, display the legal message so that you can't sue us, and then turn the camera on. By that time, I will have already backed up out of the space and driven 50 feet down the aisle towards the exit. You could reasonably argue that the camera is useless all because someone got sued.
I’d almost believe that! I used to enjoy telling my dear departed mother those kinds of jokes. She was born in Lancashire and emigrated to the U.S. as a child. I’m not sure she ever appreciated the humor. :o)
Classic!
Oh, I have not so fond memories of that before retiring. I worked in IT in a systems engineering group. One of my co-workers sitting a few feet away would go into screaming tirades when talking on the phone to help desks presumably manned by Indian workers. He'd be screaming profanities, banging the phone handset on the desk, in general losing it, every time he spoke with these Indian idiots with heavy accents. "G*d d*mn it, learn some f**k*n English you ***& #@#$ a$$h*l*!" is one of his milder statements. My co-worker was very passionate about his work. He was a flaming liberal, got on my case about being conservative calling me a redneck, wherein I just smiled at him.
Maybe I should have said "dropped it on his chest....." Better?
What a monumental idiot.
RIP
The whole point of wall warts is to relieve the main electronic contraption of the regulatory certifications required for “high” voltage devices — the 120/240 is supposed to stop at the wall wart, with only the low voltage — 5 volts in the case of a USB device — continuing on to the electronics. It the old days, the high voltage went right in to the main device, and was regulated and conditioned there.
I was talking to some workers in a clock shop, and they said their insurance won’t let them fix a 120v (or 240v) clock — they have to replace the old motor with a new low voltage one, and use a wall wart to connect to the house lines.
Anyhow, someone dropped the ball.
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LOL!
LOL!
That stuff never works after you let the smoke out.
Hmm, I thought that was Robert Kearns
and the first self-dimming headlight
You may be thinking of Lucas' homofocal (can I say that on FR?) lamps.
I believe that Americans patented 'self-dimming' headlights (which appeared on GM, Lincoln and Ford vehicles) with moderate to no success from the 1950s – 80s
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