 HerColdHands
Female, 18-29, Western US
 463 Posts
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012 12:15:07 PM
Old as the internet. |
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 7eggert
Male, 30-39, Europe
22 Posts
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Monday, June 04, 2012 5:08:48 AM
@Selous: Since you have a resistance, the amps depend on the volts. More volts, more amps. But 50 mA are enough for certain death, so don't worry.
@drips: The protection in an outlet strip does only protect devices plugged in. The strip itself still has power to kill.
@Kaagan: A surge protector will prevent the grill from over-current, it will not prevent the guys from taking 220 V.
Here in Germany, new electric installations must have a FI-Fuse (maybe other name in English) which would react to the current not returning on the designated wire (e.g. on the ground wire or directly into the bathtub).
Without this kind of fuse, the grill may even happily heat the water and some dead bodies. This would work as long as you have less than 16 A total current. |
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 EgalM
Male, 18-29, Canada
1667 Posts
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Sunday, June 03, 2012 8:27:26 AM
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 Lednar
Male, 18-29, Europe
94 Posts
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Sunday, June 03, 2012 6:38:10 AM
Mickets, that is the same pool, same exact location and same dudes, it must be another image of a different attempt. |
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RandomNoun
Male, 18-29, Europe
14 Posts
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Sunday, June 03, 2012 4:31:18 AM
Submerged, it would just spark and short out. The death toll would be in the zeros. |
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 IbBored
Male, 13-17, Canada
72 Posts
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Sunday, June 03, 2012 1:56:28 AM
I saw this on IAB like 3 years ago -_- |
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Mickets
Male, 30-39, S. America
220 Posts
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Sunday, June 03, 2012 1:05:17 AM
No, no, no... They are actually copying an old picture (2008) of some fellows doing the same thing:
http://goo.gl/CCqG8
(or search Google images for poolidiots.jpg - first result) |
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 BunnyNaku
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
5245 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 11:58:29 PM
this picture was painful to look at... just knowing what could happen >_< |
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 Selous
Male, 30-39, Australia
1205 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 10:45:28 PM
ExtraCredit
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
306 Posts Saturday, June 2, 2012 8:30:22 PM
European household voltage is double US voltage. These guys didn't think this through.
volts dont kill, amps kill, americans use double the amps ... but when you are using mains power and doing this, pretty much a moot point |
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 wolladude
Male, 30-39, Europe
324 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 10:30:56 PM
Judging from the building and lamppost....and their paleness....I would say they are danish. |
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 DrProfessor
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
3524 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 10:27:38 PM
You nominate unorthodox, idiocy-caused death stories for the awards, and the truly idiotic are the ones that actually win. |
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 jaralax
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
20 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 9:02:29 PM
DrProfessor, as long as they are alive and do not have kids they have a chance to win, and even if they have kids they can get an honorable mention. |
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 kitteh9lives
Female, 40-49, Eastern US
977 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 8:51:30 PM
DrProfessor, but I really, really, really want them to win. |
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 ExtraCredit
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
435 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 8:30:23 PM
European household voltage is double US voltage. These guys didn't think this through. |
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DrProfessor
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
3524 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 7:48:07 PM
@kitteh--you can't nominate someone for something they can't win.. |
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drips
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
775 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 6:14:17 PM
I'm with Kaagan. That 6 outlet strip almost certainly has a safety device. Ever notice the little button that says 'reset'? So if it got wet and shorted out it would happen at the outlets on the strip and the safety would trip. At most you'd get a very brief shock. And depending on how fast the mechanism trips, and in that volume of water with standard mains voltage you might not feel anything at all. Also consider that the power to the strip originates from a source that would be protected by circuit breakers or fuses. Wouldn't try it myself though. |
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broizfam
Male, 50-59, Eastern US
701 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 5:37:23 PM
Might not kill them but they may get some roasted nuts! |
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 Rawrg
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
935 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 5:25:05 PM
@sathon
Only pure water is an insulator. Most tap water has enough calcium and magnesium salts in it to conduct electricity. |
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 FoolsPrussia
Male, 18-29, Western US
2856 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 5:24:30 PM
'zhey are germans!'
German humor. |
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ultimakewl
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
660 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 5:05:29 PM
@faaaaq
actually this looks to be another pic of the exact same people/situation |
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 faaaaq
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
644 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 4:56:59 PM
no Kaagan, most things arent protected from bathroom-mishaps, thats why bathroom outlets are different from the rest in your house. ever noticed that? guess not.. Also, these guys earn special recognition for probably having had gotten the idea from a REALLY old pic on the net and yet they somehow still felt it was a good idea |
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 Sathon
Male, 18-29, Canada
247 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 4:37:16 PM
Water is a bad conductor of electricity. There is also no electrical grounding anywhere in that pool so even if there were enough contaminants in the water to carry a significant current, it would still be flowing through the circuitry of the appliances to reach the ground.
Not to say what they're doing isn't dangerously stupid. It probably just wouldn't kill them. |
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 Mogulman
Male, 18-29, Western US
300 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 4:36:00 PM
Stupid, but not actually Americans. It looks like a 220V outlet.
Also, older than the internet. |
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 Corydoras87
Male, 18-29, Europe
612 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 4:28:12 PM
zhey are germans! |
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 8BitHero
Male, 18-29, Europe
5417 Posts
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Saturday, June 02, 2012 4:27:38 PM
Sounded like a good idea at the time... |
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