"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message
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"Charles Bishop" wrote in message
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I was repairing some landscaping lighting, and when I took the cover off
of the outdoor junction box, water came out. Don't know how much was in
there, maybe 1/4 to 1/2 cup. I'm guessing it wasn't enough to reach the
wiring connections, held together by wire nuts, or maybe it did.

Because if it had, the breaker would have tripped, right?

--
charles

It may or may not trip the breaker. Water is not a very good conductor
and small ammounts can just cause a small current flow. It may even heat
up the water. Had a water heater that the element cracked and was
causing the water to heat up way too much. That was casude by some of the
current bypassing the thermostat and directly heating the water. Still did
not trip the breaker.



*You reminded me of a commercial kitchen that I serviced many years ago.
One time the manager complained that it was taking a long time for the
coffee urn to heat the water. No problem with the temperature, but it took
a few hours to get hot. I knew that there was a 2000 watt element in the
urn so it should have heated up faster. I took the unit apart and found
that the element had practically disintegrated. The water was being heated
by the current flowing through it.