Subject: electrocution in a bathtub
Date: Fri Jul 18 03:03:35 1997
Posted by Alex M. Ellis
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Area of science: Physics
ID: 869213015.Ph
Message:
Everyone (I hope) knows that you shouldn't have appliances near your bath
tub: if it falls in, you could be electrocuted. I don't understand, though, why
the current doesn't just go from the dunked appliance straight to the drain,
which is the only good electrical ground. Why does it branch out to affect your
body?
Re: electrocution in a bathtub
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