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USB Dangers
polygonum wrote:
How dangerous would it be to use a phone or tablet in the bath whilst it
is connected to a mains-powered USB charger?
Obviously it could be dangerous to the device itself if you drop it into
the water!
Obviously a 5 volt low current supply isn't usually life threatening.
Obviously we have rules about sockets in bathrooms. But a long USB cable
to a socket in another room seems a likely way round that.
But if something is wrong somewhere, such as a mis-wired USB charger,
could there be any appreciable danger?
Is there in future likely to be a bathroom-safe USB socket next to the
shaver and toothbrush socket?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...trying-7417805
http://metro.co.uk/2003/10/29/mobile...-death-380929/
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