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To: Timpanagos1

Seriously? My charger draws .2 amps.

The only way I see this could have happened is if she dropped the charger with an extension cord in the tub and it wasn’t plugged into a GFI. Then the extension cord did her in.


5 posted on 07/11/2017 8:57:36 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

“Then the extension cord did her in.”

Exactly, it was the extension cord.


10 posted on 07/11/2017 8:59:11 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Disable electrical outlets closer than 5 or 6 feet from the tub, and try to teach teenagers about childproofing themselves.

Too bad it wasn’t Carlos Danger.


15 posted on 07/11/2017 9:01:49 AM PDT by ChuteTheMall (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
My charger draws .2 amps.

Enough to kill. 100 to 200 milliamps (0.1 to 0.2 amps) will cause ventricular fibrillation, which can cause death.

https://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~p616/safety/fatal_current.html.

Surprisingly, above 200 milliamps may actually save your life.

36 posted on 07/11/2017 9:21:45 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees! - Kipling)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
the extension cord did her in.

I suspect this is the case.

44 posted on 07/11/2017 9:28:15 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
A lethal dose of electricity is less than .2 amps: Electrocution

When a person is wet all over, the electrical resistance of the skin is really low. Resistance in the blood stream, a salt water solution, is already pretty low.

Bathtubs/showers and electrical apparatus has always been known to be a bad mix.

62 posted on 07/11/2017 10:44:16 AM PDT by GingisK
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