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

And maybe the problem is you have zero experience with AC circuits. It's
fairly obvious to me that you have no experience at all.

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.

Draw the possible paths. Take your time. I'm sure you'll be able to answer
your own question if you just stop and think for a minute.
Might the water be in contact with the ground at some point.
So?

You're the one who claimed the water wasn't grounded. I've pointed out
several ways the water could be grounded. Do try to keep up.
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.

And your baseless claim somehow makes it not staged? Of course it doesn't.
It was quite obviously staged for some pictures to put on the internet.
Next up is idiots like you claiming it's ok to do it.



They appear drunk enough to do stupid stuff like this.