They showed that the only reason a (modern) hairdryer won't kill you is they have an integrated GFCI breaker in the plug, otherwise it definitely would kill you.
>>I never watched Mythbusters, buta friend said they “proved”it was a myth that >>you would die if your hairdryer/TV fell in the bathtub.
I find that ludicrous. That’s basically a 120v ~60A charge right through you. If you are IN the tub you’re a gonner. If you’re standing up in the tub you might get lucky though. I could be totally ignorant about something and wrong on this, but I don’t think so.
I have my iPhone in a LifeProof case that is water resistant. It has an o-ring that makes it pretty water tight.
The charger cord attaches through the case but where you would normally pick up the phone is farely far from the cord and the contacts on the charger cord would be inside the case. As long as your hand is not dripping wet I think you would be well insulated from the electrical cord.
I wonder if the LifeProof case would have saved her life.
They are expensive, about $45, but my phone has taken a few drops with no problem and having dropped my pager in toilet I wanted to protect my $500 iPhone from a similar fate.
I am on my second iPhone with LifeProof cases at trade in the phone looks like the day it went in.
It saves a phone maybe it would save a teenage girl.
Ever notice that Mythbusters “proved”it was a myth by hooking up meters to register the amps and voltage, never by allowing themselves to be actually shocked.
I always remember the test where they poured salt water on the electric fence and “proved” you could not get shocked by peeing on such a fence. But they did not pee on the fence themselves.
After reading about this girl I wonder why I am still alive as I used to play a radio next to the tub while taking a bath, sixty years ago.
I just watched that episode a couple of days ago, and your friend is literally DEAD WRONG.
The current that flowed after the device dropped into the water would have killed anyone unfortunate enough to be sitting in the bathtub when the power actually hit the water.
Even with a GFCI, there is still a (very) small but real chance of enough current to cause problems.
They don’t call it POWER for nothing!
110 Volts in a tub of water will kill you. Secondly, I would LOVE to see that myth disproved.