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I’m an electronics engineer who has been shocked senseless on a number of occasions. Some folks say I didn’t recover. Electrocuted in a shower or a swimming pool seems a bit far-fetched to me, although I’m not saying it didn’t happen. Electricity always follows the easiest path to ground, and if that happens to be through you, you’ll get shocked. I would hesitate to blame that on KBR. Usually getting between the electrical charge and the ground can be avoided. I wonder if these supposedly electrocuted people were attempting to change a light bulb or dry their hair at the time. Sounds fishy to me.


8 posted on 05/04/2008 4:41:34 PM PDT by KarinG1 (Opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not necessarily represent those of sane people.)
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To: KarinG1

Although unlikely I was thinking along the lines of an “instant water heater” device ,, some of these are shower head units and in the 3rd world they probably don’t require a gfci to be in-circuit... I’ve seen some scary ones in Asia..


9 posted on 05/04/2008 5:31:23 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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