Water and electricity

[waater]

Possibly wrong forum but anyways:

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6178/24935595.th.jpg (http://img408.imageshack.us/i/24935595.jpg/)

Funny picture, but is this really necessarily dangerous?

[waht]

hehe, you gotta be kidding :biggrin:

Most likely the quickest path of return will be in the power strip, if it's submerged it will just blow the circuit barker.

[berkeman]

It's always dangerous to have glass bottles at a pool. Duh.

[Redbelly98]

This same photo came up in one of the usenet electronics groups a few years ago. After our initial outrage, I think the consensus was that it is a "staged" photo, and the circuit was not live.

[t3zza36]

this doesnt appear to be such a stupid question, althought the pool is made of rubber, therefore insulated the supply is the most likely return path to earth, so u would be killed, but what if the supply was without neutral and earth, just a core in the water would the people be shocked?? im thinking mayb not as there is no return path for the electricity?
can anyone clarify.
thanks

[skeptic2]

Where was the photo taken and what is the voltage? Where do you find power strips with the prongs in it instead of the cord?

[stewartcs]

hehe, you gotta be kidding :biggrin:

Most likely the quickest path of return will be in the power strip, if it's submerged it will just blow the circuit barker.

I agree with waht...it will trip the breaker since there would be a dead short across the hot and return line. I don't see any fault current paths elsewhere.

CS

[stewartcs]

Where was the photo taken and what is the voltage? Where do you find power strips with the prongs in it instead of the cord?

It looks like some European connections I've seen before in power strips. They have two prongs in the plug that stab into the receptacle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#Type_C

CS