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As an American: I soak in a hot tub for 30 minutes or more, at fairly high heat. At least a few times a week. Sometimes posting on Hackernews. It’s one of the

As an American: I soak in a hot tub for 30 minutes or more, at fairly high heat. At least a few times a week. Sometimes posting on Hackernews. It’s one of the high points of my day (the soak, not the posting). This “I wonder” just screams lazy thinking.

KellyCriterion 7mo ago
just make sure your charger is faaar away from the tube, please. (and thats also true for your phone charger :-)
- nobodyandproud 7mo ago
  Thanks for the warm thoughts :) (yes, I went there). My phone charge lasts longer than 30 minutes. And it’s provably water resistant to tub depths. I certainly don’t code in the tub. Strictly reading and discourse.
- cwillu 7mo ago
  I'm curious what harm you think could come from that?
  - KellyCriterion 7mo ago
    Ehhhh? https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/girl-16-electrocuted-death-bath-29887697 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/girl-16-electrocute... https://www.reddit.com/r/hungary/comments/1k7hxqq/meghalt_a_13_%C3%A9ves_kisl%C3%A1ny_aki_beleejtette_a/?tl=en https://www.reddit.com/r/hungary/comments/1k7hxqq/meghalt_a_...
    - cwillu 7mo ago
      Got any from countries with electrical codes from this century? GFCI protection has been required by code in bathrooms basically everywhere for 50 years.
      - quesera 7mo ago
        In the US, I regularly see bathrooms and kitchens without GFCI. I looked up the history: 1961 GFCI invented by a professor at UC Berkeley 1971 Added to NEC code for outdoor outlets 1981 … bathrooms 1987 … kitchens 2005 … laundry rooms and unfinished basements 2014 … crawlspaces, around pools and hot tubs Lots of bathrooms haven't been renovated (or at least not with permits) in the last 45 years, apparently!
      - KellyCriterion 7mo ago
        > Got any from... Sure! France,2021: https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/frankreich-verkabeltes-handy-faellt-in-badewanne-13-jaehrige-tot-a-56c24b50-f75d-4a1c-9336-6ca8bc46fe4c https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/frankreich-verkabeltes-handy...
bitexploder 7mo ago
As an American, I built a proper sauna. Love it.
- nobodyandproud 7mo ago
  Congrats. For those of us who can’t afford to build one, we still enjoy the heat through other means. Or at least I do. There’s just something extraordinarily relaxing about going from the high heat (though obviously not too high) until one can’t bear it, then transitioning to a cool off.
  - bitexploder 7mo ago
    It’s nice. Sauna doesn’t have to be that expensive. On par with a hot tub. Way less maintenance. Can be installed outdoors. It does suck if you can’t. Public Sauna run at a nice temp are not easy to find in the US.

KellyCriterion 7mo ago

just make sure your charger is faaar away from the tube, please. (and thats also true for your phone charger :-)

nobodyandproud 7mo ago
Thanks for the warm thoughts :) (yes, I went there). My phone charge lasts longer than 30 minutes. And it’s provably water resistant to tub depths. I certainly don’t code in the tub. Strictly reading and discourse.
cwillu 7mo ago
I'm curious what harm you think could come from that?
- KellyCriterion 7mo ago
  Ehhhh? https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/girl-16-electrocuted-death-bath-29887697 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/girl-16-electrocute... https://www.reddit.com/r/hungary/comments/1k7hxqq/meghalt_a_13_%C3%A9ves_kisl%C3%A1ny_aki_beleejtette_a/?tl=en https://www.reddit.com/r/hungary/comments/1k7hxqq/meghalt_a_...
  - cwillu 7mo ago
    Got any from countries with electrical codes from this century? GFCI protection has been required by code in bathrooms basically everywhere for 50 years.
    - quesera 7mo ago
      In the US, I regularly see bathrooms and kitchens without GFCI. I looked up the history: 1961 GFCI invented by a professor at UC Berkeley 1971 Added to NEC code for outdoor outlets 1981 … bathrooms 1987 … kitchens 2005 … laundry rooms and unfinished basements 2014 … crawlspaces, around pools and hot tubs Lots of bathrooms haven't been renovated (or at least not with permits) in the last 45 years, apparently!
    - KellyCriterion 7mo ago
      > Got any from... Sure! France,2021: https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/frankreich-verkabeltes-handy-faellt-in-badewanne-13-jaehrige-tot-a-56c24b50-f75d-4a1c-9336-6ca8bc46fe4c https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/frankreich-verkabeltes-handy...

bitexploder 7mo ago

As an American, I built a proper sauna. Love it.

nobodyandproud 7mo ago
Congrats. For those of us who can’t afford to build one, we still enjoy the heat through other means. Or at least I do. There’s just something extraordinarily relaxing about going from the high heat (though obviously not too high) until one can’t bear it, then transitioning to a cool off.
- bitexploder 7mo ago
  It’s nice. Sauna doesn’t have to be that expensive. On par with a hot tub. Way less maintenance. Can be installed outdoors. It does suck if you can’t. Public Sauna run at a nice temp are not easy to find in the US.