On 29/03/2021 23:32, soup wrote:
Many have had a 'belt' from domestic 240Volt wiring through bad luck,
bad judgment or plain stupidity .
Â*Whilst a shock from 240V CAN kill how often does that actually happen
and how many just get thrown across the room into a foetal position
whimpering and crying until the arm unknots and the tingling feeling
goes away.

I doubt anyone has statistics on the latter - and I'd doubt their
reliability if they require people to own up to the whimpering bit

But deaths are few. Used to run at about 15 a year in England where the
/underlying/ cause of death was electric current. And bulk of those
were not in the home (and so include ones where more than 240v involved).

There are of course serious injuries on top of the deaths. But changes
to BS 7671 seem to be made without assessments of costs and benefits.
Too much flavour of "no price is too high..." for my liking.

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Robin
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