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Both of you are right. If installed properly it's safe, however worst case scenario used to be not "just" instant death but death by carbonization with your bod
by seacos 2y ago
Both of you are right. If installed properly it's safe, however worst case scenario used to be not "just" instant death but death by carbonization with your body being set on fire by electricity.
Pictures of that are some of the most horrifying things you'll see. Fortunately this does not happen anymore due to residual-current devices and safety mechanisms in the shower heads.
Source: Brazilian police forensics expert in the 90s
- emchammer 2y agoThe video showed only a very economical switching mechanism and a dependency on having the earth wire properly connected. I would feel a lot better about using it if a hair-trigger balance fault interruptor was integrated into the showerhead.