Clark wrote:
(Floyd L. Davidson) wrote in
:

Clark wrote:
a wrote in news: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.


You need to learn just a little bit about AC circuits.

Maybe the problem is that I've got several decades of
experience...

Where exactly is
neutral wire connected? Might the water be in contact with the neutral at
some point?

Sure. Now, how do *you* get yourself between the that
contact and the point where it contacts the hot lead?
That's the only way you will form any kind of a complete
circuit.

Might the water be in contact with the ground at some point.

So?

Might someone be getting in or out of the pool at some point? Might someone
standing outside the pool hand something to someone in the pool?

So?

Of course it is staged - no one with any sense at all (common or otherwise)
would pull this type of stunt. Maybe you think its ok but that just means
you have no sense at all.

I've seen essentially the same thing done, live.

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Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)