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Household appliances in the bathtub - deadly electricity.

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  • #1 9613074
    Niko2000
    Level 10  
    Recently I watched MythBusters, where they proved that household appliances (e.g. a dryer) thrown into the bathtub while bathing can kill.
    They used an old, grounded pipe with a bathtub drain. However, new bathtubs are made of plastic. Referring to this, I wonder if something would happen to a person in such a bathtub if they threw a hairdryer into it?
    Personally, I think the current should flow through it and the current should kill it.
    Of course, we are talking about dryers without a fuse.
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  • #2 9613124
    balonika3
    Level 43  
    Niko2000 wrote:
    However, new bathtubs are made of plastic.
    Electricity flows not through the bathtub, but through the water. And "MythBusters" is a program for children. And for Americans...
  • #3 9613137
    Anonymous
    Anonymous  
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  • #4 9613171
    balonika3
    Level 43  
    farm9632587410 wrote:
    Hello, if the bathtub were grounded, it would kill a person because the ground is a minus and the socket is a plus and when they touch each other through a conductor, a short circuit occurs.
    A short circuit also occurs when someone writes nonsense. Don`t comment if you have no idea what you`re talking about.
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  • #5 9613461
    Sam Sung
    Level 33  
    farm9632587410 wrote:
    the ground is negative and the socket is positive

    However, taking into account the conventional direction of current flow, it is the ground that is an advantage. And everyone who has been to the cemetery and read the signs knows this.
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  • #6 9613584
    c4r0
    Level 36  
    Niko2000, it is not only the current flowing from the socket through the water and the bathtub to the ground that is dangerous. In the dryer you have both a phase and a neutral wire. If you throw it into water, current will begin to flow through the water between these wires, and this flowing current will, to a greater or lesser extent, flow through ALL the water in the bathtub. Also by man. This seems less dangerous and is probably less dangerous than in the case of a grounded bathtub, but it can undoubtedly still kill. Moreover, if the dryer falls on you, even if the current itself does not kill you, you will have muscle spasms and lose control over your body, which will most likely result in drowning.
  • #7 9613867
    zimny8
    Level 33  
    In any case, do not imitate the mythbusters and dry your hair after getting out of the bathtub. An electric eel shocks its victims in a (more or less similar) way. You`ve probably also heard about step voltage, the potential difference will kill you, even that much is enough. Only a few dozen mA are needed to kill a person or cripple a person - cardiac arrest, ventricular fibrillation and, as a result, brain death.
  • #8 9614071
    twazny
    Level 26  
    Sam Sung wrote:
    farm9632587410 wrote:
    the ground is negative and the socket is positive

    However, taking into account the conventional direction of current flow, it is the ground that is an advantage. And everyone who has been to the cemetery and read the signs knows this.


    Mastery of retort,
    My mood immediately improved and it`s a pity that only in HydePark something like this is possible.
  • #9 9614188
    zimny8
    Level 33  
    The exact direction is from the ground (+) to the bathtub, water, through the human body to the dryer and the socket (-), but sometimes we also distinguish positive minuses and negative pluses :)
  • #10 9614243
    retrofood
    VIP Meritorious for electroda.pl  
    zimny8 wrote:
    The exact direction is from the ground (+) to the bathtub, water, through the human body to the dryer and the socket (-), but sometimes we also distinguish positive minuses and negative pluses :)


    You`re being silly here, and then many people write such nonsense in serious sections because they forgot that they were jokes.
  • #11 9616422
    wolek14
    Level 31  
    I will also add that in the case of mains electricity, positive pluses turn into negative pluses, and negative minuses turn into positive minuses about 50 times a second, and then they go crazy and don`t know where to flow, they flow through our body. , and hence the injuries. For those who are curious, I recommend reading - "Particles Goofy".
  • #12 9616756
    Niko2000
    Level 10  
    But if the bathtub is made of plastic = it is not grounded, can electric shock occur or not?
  • #13 9616907
    c4r0
    Level 36  
    Shock may occur from the flow of current between wires in a submerged dryer, not from the flow from the dryer to the ground.
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Topic summary

The discussion centers around the dangers of using household appliances, specifically hairdryers, in a bathtub filled with water. Participants reference a MythBusters episode that demonstrated the lethal potential of such actions, particularly in relation to grounded bathtubs versus modern plastic ones. Key points include that electricity flows through water, and if a hairdryer is submerged, current can circulate through the water and potentially through a person, leading to fatal consequences. The conversation highlights the risks of electric shock, even in non-grounded bathtubs, due to the flow of current between the appliance's wires. Participants emphasize the importance of safety, advising against using electrical devices near water.
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