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Default Can I use a dropcord in the pool?

On Jan 28, 9:36�am, (Floyd L. Davidson) wrote:
a wrote:
Floyd L. Davidson wrote:
Clark wrote:
a wrote innews:rS9nj.43782$fj2.9330@edtnps82:


Terry wrote:
Here is a pic sent to me by a fellow electrician.


http://i27.tinypic.com/2w3dt3s.jpg


I sure hope they are using a GFCI


Staged.


Maybe. Maybe distilled water in the pool? (ok, that's staged too)
Nothing looks "staged", or phoney for that matter.
There is no return path to complete a circuit, as long
as nobody goes to handling those cord with wet hands.
Whether the water is a conductor or not, it is not
grounded... �and thus not a risk.


Right, and another photo from the original site:
http://www.linuxno.de/_data/gallery/...m_DSCN7830.JPG


No, not staged...


a


Doesn't look like they are being electrocuted to me... ;-)

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awhile ago there was a photo of a workman standing on a ladder in a
commercial pool drilling into the cieling.........

a isolation transformer would be a excellent move to increase safety