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There is something about this story that does not quite add up...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39307418 It implies he only had the ELV end of the supply and the phone in the bath with him. But talk of burns etc suggests it was more likely to be the mains extension lead of the charger itself... -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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John Rumm wrote:
There is something about this story that does not quite add up... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39307418 It implies he only had the ELV end of the supply and the phone in the bath with him. But talk of burns etc suggests it was more likely to be the mains extension lead of the charger itself... Darwin award...... |
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On 17/03/2017 20:05, John Rumm wrote:
There is something about this story that does not quite add up... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39307418 It implies he only had the ELV end of the supply and the phone in the bath with him. But talk of burns etc suggests it was more likely to be the mains extension lead of the charger itself... Oops sorry, missed that Roger had already posted this... -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On 17/03/17 20:05, John Rumm wrote:
There is something about this story that does not quite add up... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39307418 It implies he only had the ELV end of the supply and the phone in the bath with him. But talk of burns etc suggests it was more likely to be the mains extension lead of the charger itself... How long is an Apple phone charger lead? If it's 1m, I can see him pulling on it and causing the extension to pull off the side of the bath into the water. |
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On 17/03/17 20:09, Phil L wrote:
John Rumm wrote: There is something about this story that does not quite add up... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39307418 It implies he only had the ELV end of the supply and the phone in the bath with him. But talk of burns etc suggests it was more likely to be the mains extension lead of the charger itself... Darwin award...... He's not on the list yet (I checked - yes I was bored...) |
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John Rumm wrote:
There is something about this story that does not quite add up... Maybe it was a 3rd party charger without isolation from the mains on the LV side? |
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On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 20:05:55 +0000, John Rumm
wrote: There is something about this story that does not quite add up... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39307418 It implies he only had the ELV end of the supply and the phone in the bath with him. But talk of burns etc suggests it was more likely to be the mains extension lead of the charger itself... "Mr Bull is believed to have plugged his charger into an extension cord from the hallway and rested it on his chest while using the phone" I read that as saying the charger was resting on his chest, which implies both the mains side and also the 5v side. |
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Well have you looked inside a phone charger of the el cheapo kind. I had one
go so one side of the mains was on the phone. there is little room, no fuse and often really bad construction. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active Remember, if you don't like where I post or what I say, you don't have to read my posts! :-) "John Rumm" wrote in message ... There is something about this story that does not quite add up... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39307418 It implies he only had the ELV end of the supply and the phone in the bath with him. But talk of burns etc suggests it was more likely to be the mains extension lead of the charger itself... -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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En el artículo , John
Rumm escribió: It implies he only had the ELV end of the supply and the phone in the bath with him. But talk of burns etc suggests it was more likely to be the mains extension lead of the charger itself... Yes, agreed. Although Big Clive has taken apart a few very dodgy USB chargers with a gnat's chuff of an isolation gap between the mains and LV side, inappropriate/incorrect class X/Y caps, and transformers with totally inadequate insulation between the primary and secondary. He has a test 240V light bulb on a probe which has lit up on some duff equipment on the low voltage side wrt mains neutral. That's... unnerving. -- (\_/) (='.'=) "Between two evils, I always pick (")_(") the one I never tried before." - Mae West |
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